Wednesday, December 31, 2025

I Spy on the Trails - December 2025

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Late afternoon skies at Hixon Forest An early December snow made a great base for lots of snowshoe fun this year. After the past two brown, ...
Friday, December 26, 2025

Let's Get Hiking and Learning - January, 2026

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For more information on the trips, where available, please click on the brown event titles for a link to the program or hike.  I will be upd...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Winter Outside the Door

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Late afternoon in the ravine woods One of my favorite parts of living in the home we bought ten years ago is being next to a wild and wooly ...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

ORA’s Community Trail Farm is Open!

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Hot off the presses! ORA announced at 9 am on Wednesday, December 17 that the Community Trail Farm in La Crosse is now open to hikers/bikers...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Naturalist's Corner - What's Cool? What's Hot?

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You may be expecting a post on the trendiest hiking gear or maybe climate change... ...but instead I want to reflect on two recent curiositi...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Snowshoeing!

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What have I been doing over the past week instead of blogging? Snowshoeing! It's been a long time since we've had ski-able, snowshoe...
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Monday, December 1, 2025

I Spy on the Trails - November 2025

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An awe-inspiring coronal aurora display caught the night of November 11-12, Duluth MN   Image - Bob King November was again a mostly mild mo...