Lake Placid

If you love nature and mountains like I do, but live in the GTA Lake Placid is a great place to go for a weekend trip. I highly recommend it. Only a 6 hour drive away it is perfect for a long weekend trip. 

The Road Trip 

For anyone who has done a super long road trip before, I think we can agree that 6 hours is nothing. I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind waking up super early or driving there super late. So this drive works for us. We usually split it up 3 hours each person and we only really make one pit stop along the way for gas. The route takes you mostly through Canada so gas prices aren't too crazy. We pulled over a few times on the drive there because the views were so beautiful, it got us really excited for the weekend ahead. 

Place to hike: Mount Jo

This hike takes about 1 hour to the top. If you follow the trail head, go up the longer but less steep way. Once at the top it will all feel worth it. The look out is unreal. We brought a blanket and some snacks, just sat out at the top for an hour or so and hung out. It was awesome. 

Another Place to Hike: Rainbow Falls

This trail was different than the Mount Jo trail. It was a completely flat, gravel path that takes you almost directly there. It is a LONG walk, it is a full day hike. When you get about 6 minutes from the small rainbow falls trail you will see a really beautiful lake that has two mountains meeting in the middle. We stopped and ate lunch there and it was my favourite spot. The falls is a really short hike through the woods from there. You will know when you get there because you will feel it spraying you. It was for sure one of the cooler waterfalls I have seen- we explored inside of it and took out time leaving.

Another place of interest is the Big Crow Trading Post. A cool little shop in a cool little town. For sure leave some time to explore the town itself. We pulled over a few more times to get some shots of places we thought were nice. Will for sure go back at least once more this summer. 

Accommodations:

We stayed in a cool little cabin we found on air bnb and it was pretty cheap, around 300$ for the weekend. We saw two hostels while we were there that we said we would check out the next time we came back.