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- Snow falls.
Winter begins.

Winter in Wisconsin
traces a new path.

Charts a new trail.

A season of frosted landscapes
that last but a day.

Icy blue vistas, atop the waters.

And deep green pines framed in snowy white.

It's brisk.
It's bracing.
And it's a wonder to behold.

A season like no other.
A view of the state  like no other.

Wisconsin Winter  From the Air

- Funding provided in part by
Ron and Colleen Weyers

Travel Wisconsin

Morgan's Shoes

John E. Kuenzl Foundation

Francis A. & Georgia F. Ariens Fund
within the Brillion Area Family of Funds

Stanley J. Cottrill Fund

Holiday Vacations

and Friends of Wisconsin Public Television

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- We all know it's coming.

That first real snowfall.

The colors of autumn  faded long ago.

And a new season begins.

Fresh white  blankets the ground.

And the familiar path
becomes a new trail.

Winter in Wisconsin  doesn't really feel...
here,
until that first snow.

There are bound to be many chilly mornings ahead, 
and more snowfalls to come, 
but there's something  about that first one,
something about a Wisconsin winter that always seems...
just a little magical.

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[water current bubbles]

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[skis shuffling] tsch-tsch

[excited children  chatter and screech]

[plow truck scraping snow]

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[engines revving]

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- Whoo hoo, Wisconsin!

[snowboard scrapes  against snow]

[sail rustles  in wind]

[loud thud  upon impact]
- Later!

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[flag rustles in the wind]

[bells jingling, festive piano music]

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[skis brush against snow] tsch-tsch

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[skates scraping ice "skitch"]

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- Winter can challenge  the heartiest of souls.

Cabin fever is real.

And there's no denying the bite
of a 20° below wind chill.

But in Wisconsin,
we don't shut down  for a little weather.

Two feet of new snow is just
one more reason  to get out into it.
And, well,
the trail is calling.

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- [whistles] C'mon.
[dog barks]  Ruff

[motor hums]

[ice skating] kish-kish

[stick and puck  slide against ice]

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[tires spin, engine revs]

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[harnesses jingling, excited shouting]

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[rhythm of paws running hard]

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[geese honking]

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[crowd cheers]

[crowd whistles  and cheers]

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[skis sliding on snow]  tsch-tsch

[cow bells ringing in background]
[child laughs  gleefully]

[cowbells clanging]

- [hollering triumphantly] Whoo!¶¶¶¶Whoo-ooo!¶¶¶¶¶WHOO!

[church bell tolling]

[crowd cheering]

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[skates scrape against ice] skitch, skitch

- Skates are on.
Ice is calling.

Gliding effortlessly  across the lake,

and beyond,
to where the ice stretches  as far as the horizon.

The cold has stilled the water

and created a new surface,

a new world to explore.

Lands' end  no longer limits our path.
And for a short time,
winter in Wisconsin  means new roads,
not found on any map.

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[ski poles crunching on snow]

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[whistles] 

[wind resistance]
[rickety-rack, rickety-rack]
[whoosh]
[clack]

[laughing]

[sliding accelerates]

[clack]

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[water flowing]
[current rushing]

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[sail whips  against wind]

- [shouting] Go!

[wind turbulence]

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[bells jingling]

[clip-clop,  clip-clop]

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[chatter and laughter]
[fire crackles]

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[drum resonates]

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[splat]

[squeaky glass-rubbing friction]

[blades rotate chakk-chack-chk]
- Oh, that doesn't look good.
- It's hard to turn this little button on in the cold.

[camera tumbles, tires squeal]

[ski pole  whacks camera]

[camera mic  clunking]
[helicopter  blades  flutter]

[squeaky glass-rubbing friction]

[inner tube  creaks]
[harsh wind]

[playful piano music]

- Whoa!

[squeaky glass-rubbing friction]

[jovial  chatter, laughter]
- Yeah, baby!
- [laughing] Now we're  having fun.
Is this  thing  on?
- I think so. I don't know.

- Funding provided in part by
Ron and Colleen Weyers

Travel Wisconsin

Morgan's Shoes

John E. Kuenzl Foundation

Francis A. & Georgia F. Ariens Fund
within the Brillion Area Family of Funds

Stanley J. Cottrill Fund

Holiday Vacations

and Friends of Wisconsin Public Television