However, depending on the weather, they can be deep. There are only two main water crossings on the trail, and both are typically shallow (knee-high or less). Thanks to the long-ago glacier, Wisconsin is dimpled with many glacial lakes, streams and rivers. You may wish to mail supply boxes to yourself, but it isn’t really a necessity. Resupplyingīecause the IAT follows the glacier’s terminal moraine, it rolls through a fair number of cities and towns. The IAT passes across a lot of privately-owned land. It’s very important to camp only where it’s legal. The IATA operates about 20 dispersed camping areas, or DCAs, along the trail.(It is working hard to build many more.) The trail also runs through many parks where camping is allowed some require advance reservations and fees, while others do not.In other spots, private campgrounds may be within a few miles’ hike. This makes things a little more challenging than when hiking other trails. In Wisconsin, you can’t necessarily camp in any national, state or county parklands. So you may see other trail markings, too, such as 2″ x 2″ brown signs with a small yellow arrow, yellow signs with black arrows, metal posts with yellow-painted tips, etc.
The Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA), the group that is basically in charge of the trail, is trying to standardize all trail markings. The Guthooks app has maps and all sorts of good info. Storms, harsh winter weather and the like can also cause the demise of some markings, so it’s wisest to buy a copy of Mammoth Tracks. While the IAT is generally well marked, there is a fair amount of logging activity in the state, so sometimes blazes and other markers can get chopped down. These names are displayed on large, wooden signs on each end of the trail segment. Each segment of the Ice Age Trail is also named for example, Bear Lake, Northern Blue Hills, Cross Plains. Side trails are blazed in white, while connector routes to parking areas or trailheads are blazed blue. Some Trail Angels are willing to shuttle hikers from the airport. The western terminus is in Interstate State Park in St. The city has a small airport, but it’s easier to fly into Green Bay and then rent a car.
The eastern terminus is in Potawatomie State Park in Sturgeon Bay. We have a lot of glacial remains, and the ones we have are in really good condition. Wisconsin, by the way, has some of the finest glacial remains in the entire world. Namely, the terminal moraine of the last glaciation, which ended some 10,000 to 14,000 years ago. The Ice Age Trail is unique among National Scenic Trails in that it was created to showcase geological features. Luckily, the vast majority of these connectors are quiet country roads that make for pleasant walking. It’s about two-thirds completed today, so a thru-hike will involve walking on about 450 miles of connecting roads.
The IAT is roughly 1,150 miles and lies entirely within Wisconsin, my home state. Here are some tips and tricks to make your experience on the IAT a memorable one.
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I thru-hiked it twice, in 2013and 2015, plus have day-hiked many sections of it. The Ice Age Trail (IAT) is one of our 11 National Scenic Trails.
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