Driftless Wisconsin Winter

“Yep, pretty, isn’t it,” I replied in my all-knowing grandfatherly voice. The Driftless area astonishes us like this during the winter, more so than the similar flatlander experience, perhaps because the unglaciated landscape rises up to greet our eyes. Towering...

The Driftless Area

The Driftless area is a large peninsula of land, mostly located in Southwest Wisconsin, that went unglaciated throughout the last glacial period, which occurred 10,000 years ago. The word “driftless’ simply refers to the fact that this area lacks glacial drifts. It’s...