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El mágico mundo de las raquetas de nieve: una guía práctica para senderos

Posted 03/24/22 by Willie Karidis in Trail Use | Tagged with Alaska, Gear, How-to, Spanish, Trail Use Tips, Winter Uses

El autor, Willie Karidis, en una expedición con raquetas de nieve | Cortesía de Willie Karidis

Caminar con raquetas de nieve puede parecer un poco intimidante al principio, pero, una vez que lo prueba, es posible que encuentre una nueva libertad para recorrer los senderos. Yo era un niño cuando aprendí a caminar con raquetas de nieve. Fue en la cabaña de los padres de mi amigo “en el Norte”, en Conover, Wisconsin. Mi amigo y yo nos abrochamos nuestras raquetas de nieve con armazón de roble con correas de cuero sin curtir y fijaciones de cuero y luego partimos. Ninguno de nosotros había caminado con raquetas de nieve antes y, al ser jóvenes y aventureros, lo intentamos de inmediato. Aunque mi par de raquetas de nieve actual es muy diferente, las lecciones que aprendí ese día todavía están conmigo.

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El autor, Willie Karidis, en una expedición con raquetas de nieve | Cortesía de Willie Karidis

El mágico mundo de las raquetas de nieve: una guía práctica para senderos

Posted 03/24/22 by Willie Karidis in Trail Use | Tagged with Alaska, Gear, How-to, Spanish, Trail Use Tips, Winter Uses

Caminar con raquetas de nieve puede parecer un poco intimidante al principio, pero, una vez que lo prueba, es posible que encuentre una nueva libertad para recorrer los senderos. Yo era un niño cuando aprendí a caminar con raquetas de nieve. Fue en la cabaña de los padres de mi amigo “en el Norte”, en Conover, Wisconsin. Mi amigo y yo nos abrochamos nuestras raquetas de nieve con armazón de roble con correas de cuero sin curtir y fijaciones de cuero y luego partimos. Ninguno de nosotros había caminado con raquetas de nieve antes y, al ser jóvenes y aventureros, lo intentamos de inmediato. Aunque mi par de raquetas de nieve actual es muy diferente, las lecciones que aprendí ese día todavía están conmigo.

The author, Willie Karidis, out on a snowshoeing expedition | Courtesy Willie Karidis

The Magical World of Snowshoeing: A How-To Guide for Trails

Posted 02/04/21 by Willie Karidis in Trail Use, America's Trails | Tagged with Alaska, How-to, Trail Use Tips, Winter Uses

Snowshoeing might seem a little intimidating at first, but once you give it a try, you might just find a new-found freedom to hit the trails. Preparing to snowshoe is all about a few simple tricks and considerations.

Dave Schlabowske, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bike Fed, discusses the value of building a Trails Caucus | Photo by Brian Housh, courtesy RTC

Trail Caucus Kicks Off to Connect Wisconsin as New Projects Build Momentum

Posted 10/10/18 by Willie Karidis in America's Trails, Building Trails, Policy | Tagged with Community Events, Connected Systems, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Demand for Trails, Design Strategies, Health and Active Living, Local Organizing, Maintenance and Volunteers, Route of the Badger, RTC in Action, Trail Communities, TrailNation, TrailsTransform, Urban Pathways, Walkability and Bikeability

Last week, an active and enthusiastic crowd of public officials, trail advocates, business owners and avid cyclists in Wisconsin gathered at the Wisconsin Bike Fed offices and Velobahn Coffee & Cycle to kick off the state’s newly formed Legislative Trails Caucus.

White River State Trail | Photo by Traillink user dj123_45

Moms Blazing A Trail: Connecting the Route of the Badger in Union Grove, Wisconsin

Posted 03/14/18 by Katie Newcomb, Willie Karidis in Building Trails, America's Trails | Tagged with Demand for Trails, Funding, Health and Active Living, Local Organizing, Maintenance and Volunteers, Route of the Badger, State and Federal Programs, Tourism and Economic Development, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, TrailNation, TrailsTransform, Wisconsin

Two moms balancing work, family and the urge to reconnect with nature, Petrick and Gallagher have dedicated themselves to establishing and raising awareness for the Union Grove Rails to Trails movement—an initiative to convert the Canadian Pacific Railway Corridor, an 11-mile abandoned rail corridor between Vandenboom Road and Sturtevant, into a hiking and biking trail. The new trail would extend the White River State Trail in Burlington to trails very close to Racine and to Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee Skyline | Photo courtesy iStock by Getty Images

A Plan for the Route of the Badger to Reconnect Milwaukee

Posted 08/28/17 by Willie Karidis in America's Trails, Building Trails | Tagged with Case Studies, Design Strategies, Equity, Facts and FIgures, Walkability and Bikeability, Wisconsin

Southeast Wisconsin has more than 340 miles of world-class trails and the potential for incredible low-stress bicycling routes, but the honest assessment of access to many of those trails is a story of inequality.

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