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Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit

Powder Hill via Ice Age Trail

1 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 24 min

Powder Hill via Ice Age Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit near Slinger, WI. The route reaches Powder Hill at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 119 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,289 ft1.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail 43.31850, -88.30809
Nearest town Slinger, WI
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Powder Hill via Ice Age Trail

1 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 24 min

Elevation 1,130–1,289 ft

Out & Back · Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit

Trailhead: Ice Age Trail · 43.31850, -88.30809

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  3. 350 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, Black Forest Trail, Blue Loop, and Brown Loop, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Powder Hill Trail, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftReach Powder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftSharp right onto Ice Age Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 250 ftSharp right onto Ice Age Trail, Black Forest Trail, Blue Loop, and Brown Loop, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 350 ftBear right onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/powder-hill-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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