Sunday, September 15, 2013

Fall Color Hike

 NORTHWOODS CHAPTER ICE AGE TRAIL FALL COLOR HIKE


DATE: Saturday October 5, 2013  10 A.M.
 WHEN:  To car pool meet at 9 A.M.  (Club 64 parking lot) west of
                 Merrill
HIKE START  TIME:   10 A.M. 

DIRECTIONS TO HIKE SITE:  Take 64 west of Merrill to Highway M-continue west on M for 11 miles.  Turn right on Tower Road.   Go North 9 miles. (Follow Ice Age Trail Event Signs) 



The Timberland Wilderness Segment of the Ice Age Trail will be the  featured section for this year’s fall hike.  This segment is in the western most portion of the Ice Age Trail in Lincoln County, accessed only by Tower Road.  This “wilderness” is characterized by mature, mixed hardwood trees; maple, oaks and hickory.  There are several unusual glacial features traversed by the trail, one being the ice-walled-lake plain.  This will be a good chance to test your tree identification skills.

The trail is on firm, dry ground and should be considered only moderately difficult following rolling terrain. Total distance to be hiked is about 3 miles.

Bring a lunch to eat on the trail.

We will car pool from the parking lot near Club 64 (on Hwy 64) on the west end of Merrill on Saturday October 5th at 9:00 A.M. 

For more information contact Ruby Jaecks at brjaecks@airrun.net or 715-443-3586  or cell 715-551-1118



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