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https://empowerdriftless.com/unicdn/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HikingTowardBelonging.jpg1035425In winter, the Driftless slows down. Snow quiets the ridgelines, footsteps soften along frozen ground, and the land reveals itself without distraction. Along the backwaters, ice fishermen stand scattered across the river, bundled against the cold. This is the season when Alexa—director of the Minnesota Driftless Area Hiking Trail—often reconnectsContinue Reading