ECL001
Location: 42.8705711364746, -88.5440826416016
Head WSW from trailhead
ECL002
Location: 42.869140625, -88.5470809936524
L onto Orange Trail descending through water-rounded cobbles into mixed forests of pines and hardwoods before short climb
ECL003
Location: 42.8676605224609, -88.5521926879883
Head SW on Green Trail Loop over sinuous eskers and undulating ridge, once a lip of glacial ice
ECL004
Location: 42.8658027648926, -88.5557479858398
Hike past elongated and odd-shaped hills and glacial till--all scars left by massive glaciers
ECL005
Location: 42.8690223693848, -88.5585556030274
Bear N over small hill
ECL006
Location: 42.8711242675781, -88.557731628418
Head W for slight descent
ECL007
Location: 42.8728103637695, -88.5635986328125
Thinning trees offer views over to Spring Lake. Go L @ T, bearing E into clearing then back into woods. In season, look for walnuts and apples on ground
ECL008
Location: 42.8738899230957, -88.5517272949219
L @ T onto Red Trail, crossing a sandy plain on the forest's edge
ECL009
Location: 42.872688293457, -88.5469665527344
Drop down hill and pass two small kettle ponds formed by melted blocks of buried glacial ice; close loop @ WPT 2 and return to car
TO TRAILHEAD: Take I-43 S to WI 83 N. In 1.3 mi., turn L onto WI 99. In 9.7 mi., turn R onto CH NN. In 1.8 mi, turn R onto CH Z. In 1.4 mi., turn L into parking lot.
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