Little Slide Lake Loop

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Features Lake · Views · Waterfall · Wildlife

This 7.4 km rugged trail in Frontenac Park goes north from Rideau Trail: Frontenac Segment at the South Slide Junction, passes a swamp left, and after an easy 1.3 km reaches a junction with a path right to Buck Lake Campsite #1, with an outhouse.

It continues northeast in woods, and after another 1.2 km passes a waterfall on a stream flowing from Slide Lake, left, to Buck Lake, right. It goes north on wooded ridges to a view over Buck Lake, then goes left (west), crosses a bridge over a stream at the northeast end of Slide Lake, and reaches North Slide Junction.

The trail continues southwest on the west side of Slide Lake, crosses a stream, and climbs a ridge with excellent views of Slide Lake. It continues over bare rock outcrops, descends a cliff 1 km from North Slide Junction, and enters woods. It crosses a beaver dam, follows the west side of a swamp, and crosses three tiny streams, to reach the Rideau Trail: Frontenac Segment at the West Slide Junction.