We found access to the snowmobile road at the end of Old Goualis Bay Road (north). We had to be sure not to park in the school bus turn around zone; there were no-parking signs denoting this.

       We continued down the un-plowed portion of Old Goualis Bay Road. We payed no attention to the no-trespassing signs to the side, because we knew we were fine if we stayed on the road.  Trail access was about 1-1.5km in, to the left.  There were white markers and a voyageur trail sign to tell you where to begin.

       Once we were on the trail, there was an immediate hill and then the terrain got easier for a while.  We followed the trail through a valley with only small hills.  About 40 minutes in, we approached a small river, and there were blue markers that lead to a nice lookout for great photo-ops.

       We headed back to keep following the white markers until we reached some orange flagging tape, which lead us to a dead end.  Following the flagging tap, we crossed a beaver dam and met up with the white markers on the other side of the river.

       On the far side of the beaver dam, the hills got larger and steeper, but the scenery made it very worthwhile.  We came to two more dams on the way and it was sometimes hard to find the next marker.  As long as we crossed each river or creek over the beaver damns, we had no troubles finding our way.

       After we crossed the third beaver dam, we then hiked over a bridge that was near the top of some waterfalls.  These falls were about 20 minutes away from the Crimson Ridge Golf Course.  On the far side of the falls, there was a trail leading down the hill marked out with orange flagging tape, and it offered access to the bottom of the falls.   Just on the other side of the falls, we decided to add some additional distance to our journey and follow the yellow trail markers.  This loop trail offered beautiful scenery and it met back up with the white trail.

       Shortly after we joined back up with the white trail markers, we came to a nicely groomed trail and we began to see the golf course.  We turned right and quickly found a blue trail that lead us right to the Crimson Ridge Golf Course parking lot.

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Note:

       If you decide to hike this trail starting from Crimson Ridge, please note that year round trail access is no longer free as of 2017.  Also keep an eye open for bears and bear cubs as you get closer to Old Goulais Bay Road. There were two bear attacks in early 2018 on the road.