Ice Age Trailing

Updated 04 Nov 2024

DONE!  02 November 2024!  Project Summary is HERE

A log of Ice Age Trail Runs/Hikes.  The plan to hike all trails and run connecting routes (roads/pavement) over the next few years.  Outings often combine segments and/or connecting routes and may also contain bike-back info and directions as needed.  Information may be useful to others who may be attempting a similar approach.

Annual Planning

2024 Summary - 6 Outings, 76 Miles, 3 Counties & END OF IAT PROJECT!!!!
(~54 miles hiking trails, 22 miles running CR's - yellow on map) 

Spring:   E Chippewa & W Taylor Counties:  Road work (runs)
Summer:  Kewaunee trails
Fall:   E Taylor & W Lincoln Counties
 Kewaunee  roads  

2023 Summary - 4 Outings + few drive-by stragglers, 84 Miles
(~50 miles running connecting routes, ~30 miles hiking) 

Spring:  Kewaunee + a little Rusk
 Summer:  Chippewa

2022 Summary - 10 days, 80 Miles of IAT, 2 Counties completed
(52  miles hiking trails, 28 miles running connecting routes)

Winter:  Rusk
Spring:  Rusk and Manitowoc
 Fall:  Door and Manitowoc

2021 Summary - 17 days, 177 Miles of IAT, 4 Counties completed
(130 miles hiking trails, 47 miles running connecting routes)

Spring:  Finished Sheboygan (again)
Summer:  Finished Marathon, Started Manitowoc & Langlade
Fall:  Finished Langlade, Washburn & Barron

2020 Summary - 9 outings, 92 Miles of IAT, 2 Counties completed

Summer:  Marathon
Fall:  Barron, Washburn & Taylor

2019 Summary - 7 Outings, 65 Miles of IAT.   4 Counties completed!

Spring:  Polk & Barron
Summer:  Finished Sheboygan and Fond Du Lac

2017/2018 Summary -  10 Outings, 63 miles of IAT, 1 County Completed

Winter:  Washington CTY
Spring: Polk, Washington, Fond du Lac, Portage, Lincoln
Summer:  Sheboygan, Marathon

2016 Summary - 10 Outings, 120+ miles of IAT, 3 Counties completed
(92 miles hiking, 28 miles running connecting routes)

April/May:  Waukesha, Polk, Lincoln, & Waushara
June:  Waukesha, Lincoln
July/August:  None - worked on 14er Project
September/October/November:  Waukesha, Lincoln, Portage & Waupaca

2015 Summary - 14 Outings, 154+ miles of IAT, 4 Counties completed
(81 miles hiking trails, 74 miles running connecting routes)

April 2015 - Waushara
May 2015 - Hmmm, Uhm, Er - Went backpacking in Grand Canyon
June 2015 - Waushara, Wallworth/Jefferson
July 2015 - None - Worked on 14er Project
August 2015 - Rock, Waushara and last few miles of Green
September 2015 - Lincoln, Jefferson, Walworth/Jefferson
October 2015 - Waushara
November 2015 - Marquette County Marathon (28.9 Mile CR)

2014 Summary - 25 Outings, 175+ miles of IAT, 4 Counties completed
(89 miles hiking trails, 85 miles running connecting routes)

April 2014 - Dane County
May 2014 - Dane, Started Green, Rock, Southern Columbia & Lincoln
June 2014 - Lincoln, but back south to Green Cty (too many mosquitoes!)
July 2014 - Started Sauk + time off for 6 14ers in CO
August 2014 - More Sauk
September 2014 - Northern Columbia
October 2014 - Columbia + Marquette

2024 (yellow), 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020,
2019, 2017/2018, 2016, 2015,  2014

In an attempt to simplify this page (and project), I converted the Official  2014 1000-Mile Spreadsheet to a Google doc Scoresheet (snapshot published below).  This sheet contains my progress (logs/maps/plans/artifacts) by county.  I also posted a  collection of 2011 IAT Companion Guides (PDF) - I print these as 2-sided booklets to carry on the trail or in my running belt.  Outdated, but much lighter/easier than the current guidebook/atlas - also use these as my segment checklist while hiking.

Useful Links/Tools (Often broken ... will test/cleanup every couple of years)

Tom P IAT Thousand miler spreadsheet (2014 guidebook)