Photo credit: Katie Weber
Hiking Award Programs
Become a Traprock Trekker. Superior Lobetrotter. Hall-of-Kamer.
These are a few of the awards you can earn when you complete all of the Trail miles within a chapter’s geographic area.
Download hiking logs and maps to get started right away.
Get a patch (for a small fee) to show off your achievement!
Become a Traprock Trekker
Hike the Ice Age Trail segments of Polk and Burnett counties where the Trail travels along hilly and forested moraines. Start your hike at the Western Terminus overlooking the St. Croix River. Earn a Certificate of Completion, a patch, a complementary lunch at Cafe Wren in Luck, WI, and memories to last a lifetime!
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Become a Superior Lobetrotter
Challenge yourself to the 53.5 miles of Ice Age Trail winding through Barron, Washburn, Burnett, and Rusk counties. Enjoy peaceful Northwoods solitude. Hear loons, spot a heron rookery, and marvel at beaver dams.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Chip Off the Old Moraine
The glacier’s Chippewa Lobe formed the county’s prominent glacial features, including the Chippewa Moraine, a terminal moraine rising above the surrounding cultivated plains. As a result, hikes through Chippewa County’s hummocky landscape features kettle lakes, ice-walled lake plains, sizeable erratics, and dramatic views.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Meander the Moraines
Explore Marathon County as you meander along the peaceful Plover River, the rushing waters of the Eau Claire River, and through the wooded Ringle Segment on your way to the Rice Lake Preserve.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Become a Glacial Drifter
Enjoy the dramatic views across the Wisconsin River Valley, Lake Wisconsin, and Devil’s Lake as offered by a ramble through Sauk and Southern Columbia County. Download the maps and hiking log to get started.
Record Your Efforts:
Certify your miles and submit payment online.
Receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Become a Dane Drifter
Challenge yourself to hike all 39.4 miles of Trail and optional 24 miles of connecting routes through Dane County. Enjoy the region’s stunning prairies carefully restored by dedicated volunteers. Download the maps and hiking log to get started.
Record Your Efforts:
Certify your miles and submit payment online.
Receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Walk Across Rock County
Hike bedrock hills, climb a century old stone staircase, and explore Trail Community, Janesville. Enjoy restaurants, specialty shops, diverse terrain, and wildflowers of Rock County. A winery stop might be in your future, too! Download the maps and hiking log to get started.
Record Your Efforts:
Certify your miles and submit payment online.
Receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Become a Kettle Trekker
Explore Walworth and Jefferson counties with a saunter through the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. This region features woodlands populated by white, black, and bur oak, oak savannas, prairies, lakes, eskers, and kettles. Relish Bald Bluff’s panoramic view showcasing a thriving prairie and rolling landscape to the west.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Walk the Wauk
View kettles, erratics, eskers, drained lake plains, drumlins, and kames as you meander across Waukesha County. Travel through oak forests, wet and dry prairies, and alongside the Oconomowoc, Bark, and Scuppernong Rivers. Browse the shops and refuel in the restaurants of Hartland and Delafield, both Trail Communities.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Meander the Mid-Moraine
Wildlife. Wildflowers. Solitude. Pristine glacial topography. Scenic panoramas. Awe-inspiring beauty. Located along the intersection of the Green Bay and Lake Michigan Lobes of the Wisconsin Glaciation of the last Ice Age, the Washington County mid-moraine segments provide excellent views of kettles, moraines, kames, eskers, and drumlins.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
Hall of Kamers
Hike the area that inspired Ray Zillmer’s Ice Age Trail idea. The Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest highlights kettles, kames, and eskers. Wander across its rolling, wooded hills dotted with serene lakes. Plan ahead to arrange an overnight in one of the backpacking shelters along the route as you explore Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties.
Record Your Efforts:
Download the registration form and hiking log. Follow instructions to register and receive a Certificate of Completion and a patch.
ColdCache Program
ColdCaching, a form of geocaching, is a fun way to learn about the glacial and other natural features along the Ice Age Trail.
Thousand-Miler Recognition
Do you plan on hiking the entire Ice Age Trail? Become a Thousand-Miler so we may honor your feat — and your feet!