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Bike & Ride in
The Driftless Area
The Driftless Area is the
region in SW Wisconsin,
SW Minnesota, NE Iowa and
NW Illinois that was not
covered by the late
Wisconsin glacial ice and
therefore has a intriguing
rugged topography.
The broad plateau of
paleozoic bedrock (like lime-, dolo-, and sandstone) is
deeply dissected by the river systems here as this area
has been exposed to
weathering for much longer
than the surrounding area.
Glaciers act as a kind of
eraser by resetting many geomorphic features through
planing off the high regions
and depositing a thick blanket
of glacial sediment, referred
to as a ground moraine.
The older name for
undifferentiated glacial
sediments was drift hence
the name for this region.
The great riding in this
area, is made possible by
all small paved roads to and
away from the once every
where situated farms.
Many of these family farms
are now just a memory
over a time passed.
The roads connect like an intensive jigsaw, making riding
fun and challenging...
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