While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half month winter vacation, Emily and her borrowed sled dog, Diggins, tested their endurance and found solitude, friendship, and beauty to last a lifetime.

Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  •  Jaco 2 by Bradley Carter  •  Early Winter by Bradley Carter  •  Bev’s Tower byBradley Carter  •  550 by John Berry  •  Auroras by John Berry  •  Behind Your Window by Kai Engel  •  Delivered by Brendan O’Connell  •  Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.