Belmont, Emmons-Hartman Creek Segment
7.6 MILES: 2ND AVENUE TO STATE HIGHWAY 54
Trail Segment Maintained by Status/Date/Maintenance Windfeldt Lane. to South Park Boundary
Karsten Crouse/Virginia Freire GOOD--5/8/11--trail cleared
End of Park Property to Emmons Creek Road (3161 feet) Mark Balhorn/Julie SchneiderGOOD--8/31/11--removed deadfalls and cleared trail overgrowth
GOOD--6/14/11--the Ballhorns cut weeds and poison ivy
GOOD-5/24/2011--removed deadfalls
Stratton Lake Road to Emmons Creek Road (4290 feet) Ron Harris, Bryan SarverGOOD--9/19/11 Harris mowed access trail, checked trail, cut back overgrowth/leprechauns had removed deadfalls from windstorm
GOOD--8/22/11--Harris mowed access trail, cleared overgrowth on whole trail,
GOOD--7/14/11 Harris mowed acces trail and trail borders
GOOD--5/26/11--Harris mowed access trail
GOOD--5/12/11 Harris and Sarver removed deadfalls
Stratton Lake Road to Faraway Valley Loop (12,439 feet) Bob Jack/Kathleen TaftOK--5/1/11--trimmed branches; walk-around downed trees to be removed soon
Faraway Valley Loop on the north to Second Ave. on the south side (4495 feet) John VollrathGOOD--11/12/11--one tree down (reported)
GOOD--11/2/11--second ave only checked
GOOD--10/28/11--trail checked
GOOD--10/5/11--second ave only checked
GOOD--9/1/11--loop brushed out
GOOD--8/25/11--mowed grass
GOOD--6/9/11--mowed grass
Second Ave. to Murry Creek Joseph and Lillian PaulGOOD except Two trees down about 1/4 mile north of 3rd Ave--11/16/11
GOOD--8/11/11--mowed parking area, removed downed trees, painted blazes, cleared overgrowth
GOOD--4/5/11--Murry Loop trial cleared of deadfalls
Waupaca River Segment
5.4 MILES: STATE HIGHWAY 54 TO GRENLIE ROAD
(small circles on map below indicate trail connecting routes--on roads)
New Hope-Iola Ski Hill Segment
5 MILES: IOLA WINTER SPORTS CLUB TO COUNTY HIGHWAY Z
(The detour indicated below is due to trail closure by landowner. Note the new section added in 2010.)
Trail Segment Maintained by Status/Date/Maintenance Parking area off " Z" and help where needed Bob and Mark Ellingson Mowing "Z" to Brooks Woods Gary Weier, Tammy Hunter, Ben SchultzGood--6/5/11--Ben Schultz mowed Seefeldt field and into the woods past Krogwold road
" T " to Krogwold Rd Howard Harrington, Tim Kolbeck, Sharon Fox12/04/11--Hiked County Z to Krogwold rd. on Dec. 4. 1/2 milesouth of Z active logging operations underway all around trail down to the field. Many logs down and branches littering trail. Equipment tread marks have obscrued trail and created muddy conditions.
Good--6/24/11--Entire segment completely cleared and mowed
Good--4/27/11--Gary took Waupaca high school students out for 3.5 hours to cut and remove trees and raspberry cane between Krogwold and Z. (see picture)
"T" to Iola Ski Hill Paul KleinGood--5/22/11 Tammy and Kris Barnes ran section from Iola Ski Hill to Z and removed tree branches Iola Ski Hill Property Phil Johnsrud CTY "Z" to Sunset Lake Road Dan and Pat Kohler & George Guyant
A new (2008) ATLAS AND TRAIL COMPANION are available from the Ice Age Trail Alliance and are sold at displays hosted by the Portage/Waupaca County Chapters at many local events.
Portage County IAT Coordinator
Sally Freckmann
C/O Portage County Parks
1462 Strongs Avenue
Stevens Point, WI 54481
sfreckmann@charter.net