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Lodi Chapter

Lodi Chapter of the Ice Age Trail

Trail Descriptions and Locations in the Lodi Area

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Experience your Outdoors

Our next regular chapter meeting, On September 18, 2008, will be a POT LUCK at the site of the Bridge Project near the high school.
Come at 5 if you want to help work on the bridge a little.
At 6 we'll have the pot luck.
Afterwards we'll have a brief meeting. Please come, and enjoy some casual (and/or work) time with Chapter members and friends.
Bring something to share for the pot luck, and a chair if you want to sit on one.
Questions? Call Jody at 592-2031,

We need Hike Leaders if we are to maintain our excellent practice of offering full moon and other hikes. We are right now working on a calendar for September through March. It will include trail work opportunities. A copy will come to you next week. IF YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO LEAD A HIKE, please pick a date and the kind of hike (e.g. birding, full-moon, astronomy, family, early morning, etc.) and let me know. We'll put you and the hike in our calendar, gratefully.

Read about our hiking award program by clicking on the link on the right side of this page. Happy Hiking!

The Lodi Valley Chapter volunteers construct and maintain trails, lead hikes and field trips, educate, and assist in land stewardship.

Chapter activities include full moon hikes, periodic trail improvement days, National Trails Day activities, and special interest hikes. Chapter meetings are held every third Thursday of the month and the annual meeting is held in February. You are welcome to join us. Please check our calendar for times and locations.

To learn more about how you can join the fun, contact Chapter Coordinator:
Bill Beers, 608-592-2031 or Email Bill

Trail Maintenance Coordinator:
Luke Kloberdanz, 608-592-1707 or Email Luke

See you on the Trail!

What is the Ice Age Trail?

The Ice Age Trail is part of the National Park Service National Scenic Trail System. The Trail loosely follows the terminus of the glaciers from the last ice age. It traverses the state starting at Potawatomi State Park in Door County, runs southeast through the Kettle Moraines to Janesville, turns north going west of Madison, through Devil's Lake State Park, north to Langlade County, and then meanders west through northern forests to Interstate State Park on the St Croix National Scenic Riverway. Currently, about 600 miles out of a total of about 1100 planned miles are completed statewide.

Geology of the Ice Age Trail

12,000 to 18,000 years ago, monstrous ice sheets, over two miles thick at their point of origin, stretched from northern Canada to cover much of Wisconsin and North America. Mounds of glacial material were deposited at the forward edge of the glacier, forming the terminal moraine. The Ice Age Trail follows this moraine for much of its thousand miles.

For more information go to The Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation Web Site

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