Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Click HERE to see the Google Maps version. It is overall correct but the detailed hike route is not quite like the actual. So, this has gone from being an idea to being likely! Here is a link to Google Maps approximation of the trail.
Of course all of my visualizations may be totally false! I’ve learned that you can look at videos and read lots of stuff but you really can’t adequately anticipate what a place looks like until you see it! It is also described as one of the most scenic and beautiful areas of the entire 1100 mile trail. I picture both segments as kind of like the Porcupine Mountains with a lot of smaller ups and downs over small hills with the Lookout Mountain being the only “sustained” climb. The Harrison Hills Segment also includes the 2nd highest point in Wisconsin at just over 1900 feet, Lookout Mountain. He also assured me that trees abound for hammock camping. I’ve been told by the volunteer coordinator who is head of the chapter that maintains both segments that water is not a problem as there are many streams and lakes along the route and that filtering is all that is required. There are a few established camping areas and one recently built shelter as well as a formal camping area at the Underdown State Recreation Area. One can “primitive camp” almost anywhere along the entire length of both major segments in the county forests. Our plan will be to drive our car to the east end (the end of the trip) of the Harrison Hills Segment near Parrish, WI and have a volunteer shuttle us to the west end (start of the trip) of the Underdown Segment at Horn Lake near Irma, WI 54442. Then we’ll finish up the 5 miles or so Sunday to our car.
We’ll then hike about 10 miles all day Saturday the 12th and overnight again. We will arrive at the trail head mid day on Friday the 11th and hike 4-5 miles to a camping spot. As of last night this trip has moved from a possibility to a probability as my friend and I met to talk it over. The upshot is that we pretty much agreed to do a two-night trip August 11-13.
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