Trivia # 4--] According to Reuss's book, the first person to backpack the entire length of the Ice Age Trail was 20-year-old James J. Staudacher of Shorewood, Wisconsin during the summer of 1979. 
Without volunteers, the Ice Age Trail would be little more than a line on a map. Hundreds of passionate individuals contribute tens of thousands of hours each year to create new segments of the Trail and care for existing ones The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to of the Polk County Parks Dept. Balsam Lake, WI. ENJOY!!