On August 9, 2024, IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Appalachian explorer Lew Coty from Stowe, Vermont made a Gregory Mountains traverse from Gregory River to Shoal Point Cove on the gulf coast south of Chimney Cove. The goal was to identify a one-day hiking route across the oceanic crust on the northwest corner of the North Arm Hills/Gregory Mountains Ophiolite Massif.
The adventure began early in the morning at the intersection of Mogul ATV Trail and Chimney Cove Road (near the new Chimney Cove Trail sign created by IATNL and installed by Keith Pevie) 2 km south of Trout River Campground in Gros Morne National Park
where George Crocker of Gros Morne Transportation and Tours picked them up in a side-by-side all terrain vehicle and drove them 10 km on a narrow and bumpy gravel road to Gregory River
just above where it makes a right angle turn south and nearly divides the twin Gregory Mountains/North Arm Hills into two unconnected mountain ranges.
After saying their goodbyes, Paul and Lew headed off down Gregory River
jumping from rock to rock and side to side while admiring the variety of rock types characteristic of the North Arm Hills/Gregory Mountains, one of four massifs of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex.
For more on the story, go to the IATNL website.