These caches are part of a hopefully on going growing series of caches highlighting the Ice Age Trail Connecting Routes,
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. These caches were placed with the hiker in mind, so beware of steep ditches and narrow roads.
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 Age 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.
I have been hiking the trail and am over 400 miles in, segment hiking. There are lots of neat things to see along the trail, and the earthcaches are my favorite, learning about the land along the route! When I was doing a CR in Langlade County, I was excited to find a bunch of geocaches to highlight the route and thought I might do that closer to home too. Thank you to MTCLMBR for the idea 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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