This is a blog regarding my experiences hiking the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin.
The Ice Age Trail is a beautiful, and at times challenging, 1,094.3 mile hike through scenic areas of Wisconsin including portions of the Kettle Moraine Forest.
The hike can be done as a thru hike with camping along the way, or done in segments spread over months or even years. Due to job and familial constraints, I have chosen to do the hike in segments.
What you will find here is information on my pre-hike segment planning, my experience on each segment and hints and tips on everything from exceptionally bug-infested segments to stream crossings to ideal parking locations. I hope my readers find this blog both enjoyable and helpful whether you are planning your hike or just following along with my experience.
Some clarifications are in order before I get started. I began my hike last summer so, unfortunately, information on the portion of the trail that I have already covered will not be included in this blog. I began my hike at the Eastern terminus of the trail in Potawatomi State Park near Sturgeon Bay and so far I have covered 207.8 miles. I have hiked the portions of the trail that go through the counties of Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Fond du Lac as well as a portion of the trail in Washington County. What I can tell you in general about this part of the trail is that, with the exception of some hills as you walk through the towns of Sturgeon Bay, Two Rivers and Manitowoc, most of this trail is very flat until you enter the Kettle Moraine Forest just north of Plymouth. All of the hiking that I have done from Plymouth south has been heavily wooded, quite hilly and very scenic with some awesome overlooks. This week I will be hiking segments of the trail that go through Cedar Lakes, Slinger and Pike Lake and my description of that hike will be the one that will begin this blog.
If you would like to follow along with the hike or simply look up where certain segments are located, the Ice Age Trail Alliance has terrific maps and descriptions of each trail segment on their site at www.iceagetrail.org
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