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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #6. Snowshoeing induces bliss

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Secrets to a Happy Toronto Winter: #6. Snowshoeing induces bliss
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After the dot-com crash, Ted Cordina, a software consultant, turned his passion for kayak­ing and snowshoeing into an all-season touring outfit called Toronto Adventures. With his sons, Rosaire and Mathias, he now leads excursions as close as High Park and as far away as the Bruce. Our pick is bucolic Rouge Park, a 4,000-­hectare swath that straddles the ­Pickering-Scarborough border. The Cordinas accompany groups of 30 or so snowshoers for a three-hour tramp through deciduous forests and snow-covered fields. Deer and coyote tracks dot the snow, but you’re more likely to spy ­canopy-dwelling chickadees—the crunch and squeak of chitchatting snowshoers sends big game packing. Halfway through, the group gathers around two golden retrievers pulling a sled carrying hot chocolate. Weary trekkers can then head back with Ted, while the intrepid can opt to go the distance. ­Canadian-made Faber snowshoes are provided. $69. 416-536-2067, ­torontoadventures.ca.

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Caroline Aksich, a National Magazine Award recipient, is an ex-Montrealer who writes about Toronto’s ever-evolving food scene, real estate and culture for Toronto Life, Fodor’s, Designlines, Canadian Business, Glory Media and Post City. Her work ranges from features on octopus-hunting in the Adriatic to celebrity profiles.

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