Duluth woman aims to complete winter thru-hike of 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Completing a thru-hike of the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail is challenging in any season.
But Duluth’s Emily Ford is adding an extra degree of difficulty: winter.
Ford set out from the trail’s eastern terminus at Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay on Dec. 28 with the hope of finishing at the western terminus in St. Croix Falls in March.
If she completes her hike, she’ll become just the second person and the first woman to complete a winter thru-hike of the trail.
Emily Ford s trek around Wisconsin will take 70 days, cover nearly 1,200 miles. 11:17 am, Jan. 2, 2021 ×
Emily Ford of Duluth and her borrowed husky, Diggins, get ready for a recent practice hike for her 1,200-mile winter journey across Wisconsin on the Ice Age Trail. The duo started the epic trek on Monday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
DULUTH It’s not so much the snow or cold or icy footpaths that concern Emily Ford, or even possible thuggery along the route. It’s more the isolation, the being alone for the next 10 weeks.
And that’s why she borrowed Diggins.
Ford left the Sturgeon Bay area of eastern Wisconsin on Dec. 28 walking generally westward for what she expects to be a 70-day solo hike of roughly 1,200 miles along the entire, circuitous route of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.
Emily Ford s trek around Wisconsin will take 70 days, cover nearly 1,200 miles. 7:00 am, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
Emily Ford of Duluth and her borrowed husky, Diggins, get ready for a recent practice hike for her 1,200-mile winter journey across Wisconsin on the Ice Age Trail. The duo started the epic trek on Monday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
It’s not so much the snow or cold or icy footpaths that concern Emily Ford, or even possible thuggery along the route. It’s more the isolation, the being alone for the next 10 weeks.
And that’s why she borrowed Diggins.
Ford left the Sturgeon Bay area of eastern Wisconsin on Dec. 28 walking generally westward for what she expects to be a 70-day solo hike of roughly 1,200 miles along the entire, circuitous route of Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.
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