Most caches are simple PNGs along the side of the roads; That being said if driving please make sure to drive and park safely and pull all the way off the road. Caches are placed with this in mind.
Was out volunteering on this Connecting Route section working on providing updates for the next version of the guide books, so why not at some caches while here.
We are lucky in the state of Wisconsin to house 2 of 11 National Scenic Trails of our National Park System; one of them being the Ice Ag Trail which is solely within the state
The Ice Age Trail is a thousand-mile footpath that highlights various landscape features as it travels throughout many beautiful natural places in the state of Wisconsin.
The trail is about 1,200 miles long but is not yet complete! More than 600 miles of the trail is marked with the well known yellow-blazes and is connected with over 500 miles of unmarked connecting routes consisting mostly of roads as it it travels through 31 counties. One of the major reasons is the need of acquiring land for use. The trail travels through many different land ownership types that include private land, city parks, state parks, county forests, national forest, city sidewalks and more.
Plus side is the trail is always growing in its trail miles vs connecting routes as land acquisitions and usage agreements followed by volunteer trail development takes place. As most flock to established trails the Thousand-Miler wannabes travel on all parts of the trail. Thousand-Milers are those individuals that have either Thru or Section hiked all miles of the Ice Age Trail including the connecting routes.
As an individual that has been in the process of section-hiking the Ice Age Trail I have traveled on many of these connecting routes and enjoy them at times just as much as the established trails. I have seen some pretty cool properties, sculptures, views, shops, and more thanks to where the Ice Age Trail has brought me (just like geocaching).
I figured it was time to start to highlight some of the various road connecting routes that help make the Ice Age Trail what it is today. Shout out to all the Ice Age Trail volunteers and the Ice Age Trail Association in the continued growth of getting the trail to be complete someday.
All cache hides are pretty straight forward so with these caches if it's missing and you don't want to claim a DNF, please after 5+ min search you have permission to replace cache.
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