Explore natural beauty in winter during Winter Exploration Days

Posted January 11, 2017 10:00 pm

Submitted by Forest Preserves of Cook County

Visitors warm up by a campfire during Winter Exploration Days hosted by the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Courtesy of FPCC

The Forest Preserves of Cook County's Winter Exploration Days special events offer activities to prepare attendees for a delightful wintertime experience. The series is designed to focus on what to explore during the wintertime in people's local preserves as well as the means to do so.

Each event will feature winter-based activities including tracking local wildlife, flora identification, bird adaptation, exploration hikes, compass-based orienteering using primitive and modern methods, lantern and backpack building using natural materials and a campfire. If snowfall permits, snowshoeing, sledding and winter-based shelter building will be offered.

There are four upcoming events as part of the series:

• Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan 14, Caldwell Woods, 6350 W. Devon Ave., Chicago

• Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan 28, Dan Ryan Woods Pavilion, S. Western Ave., and W. 87th S., Chicago

• Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb 11, Thatcher Woods Pavilion, 8030 W. Chicago Ave., River Forest

• Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb 25, Rolling Knolls, 11N260 Rohrssen Road, Elgin.

Join the Forest Preserves of Cook County for one or all of these events. For details, call (708) 386-4042.

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Participants track local wildlife during a previous Winter Exploration Days event. Courtesy of FPCC

Explore the natural beauty of winter during the Forest Preserves of Cook County's Winter Exploration Days events. Courtesy of FPCC

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