Leaders MUST be contacted before hikes, especially during winter. Hikes may be cancelled due to weather and leaders need to know who to contact if there are cancellations. Two things stand out when we hike these days:

• the many people enjoying the outdoors and so the need to arrive early in order to find parking; and
• more significantly, the varying levels of compliance with C-19 guidelines.

We urge our hikers to continue complying with the guidelines and, in particular, to wear some form of face mask for as much of the time as possible. Recognising that one does feel the need to remove the mask from time to time, particularly during the more challenging sections of a hike, we offer the following thoughts:

• increase your distance from others while your or their mask is down;
• When passing others or being passed, please “mask-up” for those few seconds.