Photo Essay:Winter at Fort McCoy's Trout Falls in Pine View Recreation Area

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A wintry scene of Trout Falls on the La Crosse River in the Pine View Recreation Area is shown Nov. 28, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The recreation area includes acres of publicly accessible land with hiking trails, Pine View Campground, Whitetail Ridge Ski Area, and Sportsman’s Range. Pine View Recreation Area offers four-season, year-round activities to include camping, hiking, fishing, and more. See more about the area at https://mccoy.armymwr.com/categories/outdoor-recreation. In 2023, the recreation area celebrated 51 years in use and the area is managed by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

12.05.2023

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                            

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Wintry scenes of Trout Falls on the La Crosse River in the Pine View Recreation Area are shown Nov. 28, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The recreation area includes acres of publicly accessible land with hiking trails, Pine View Campground, Whitetail Ridge Ski Area, and Sportsman’s Range. Pine View Recreation Area offers four-season, year-round activities to include camping, hiking, fishing, and more.

See more about the area at https://mccoy.armymwr.com/categories/outdoor-recreation. In 2023, the recreation area celebrated 51 years in use and the area is managed by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”

• Date Taken: 12.05.2023
• Date Posted: 12.05.2023 10:50
• Story ID: 459137
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US