A Zoom link for the virtual workshop will be sent to registered attendees prior to February 4th. We'll give an introduction to winter hiking and snowshoeing, gear and clothing suggestions and Ice Age Trail segment recommendations for snowshoeing adventures. J oin the Alliance and REI at a pre-hike virtual workshop on Thursday, February 4, 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Explore and enjoy the Ice Age National Scenic Trail on your own during the winter hiking season anytime during the weekend of February 20-21. Winter hiking keeps you connected to the simple things in life: health and vigor home and community.Īlthough we cannot hike together due to COVID-19, the Ice Age Trail Alliance invites you to join us for Trailtessa: Be Blissful 2021. Enjoy pure bliss as you snowshoe through a blanket of sparkling white snow on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. In addition to chronicling McManus's hike, Thousand-Miler also includes the little-told story of the Ice Age Trail's first-ever thru-hiker Jim Staudacher, an account of the record-breaking thru-run of ultrarunner Jason Dorgan, the experiences of a young combat veteran who embarked on her thru-hike as a way to ease back into civilian life, and other fascinating tales from the trail.Be Blissful. Woven throughout her account are details of the history of the still-developing Ice Age Trail-one of just eleven National Scenic Trails-and helpful insight and strategies for undertaking a successful thru-hike. Follow along as she worries about wildlife encounters, wonders if her injured feet will ever recover, and searches for an elusive fellow hiker known as Papa Bear. In prose that's alternately harrowing and humorous, Thousand-Miler takes you with her through Wisconsin's forests, prairies, wetlands, and farms, past the geologic wonders carved by long-ago glaciers, and into the neighborhood bars and gathering places of far-flung small towns. In thirty-six thrilling days, Melanie Radzicki McManus hiked 1,100 miles around Wisconsin, landing her in the elite group of Ice Age Trail thru-hikers known as the Thousand-Milers.
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