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Focus Term: Trail Moments


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Trail Moments: Cas Marburger Is Shifting Gears in Missoula, Montana
February 03, 2025

Discover Cas Marburger’s Missoula Montana outdoor trails experience on the Milwaukee Trail, explore Missoula’s scenic trails.

Cas and colleagues at the 2024 Outdoor Media Summit in Montana | Photo courtesy Cas Marburger
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Trail Moments: An Appalachian Trail Journey
January 31, 2025

While most who attempt the Appalachian Trail will not finish it, Munro would not give up, undertaking the journey in March – September 2008.

Hiking on the C&O Canal Towpath | Photo courtesy Mary Lynn Munro
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Trail Moments: Jack Perme’s Journey to Help Others With Ataxia
December 30, 2024

Learn about Jack Perme’s journey to helping others with ataxia, a disorder of the nervous system, through his Moving Forward campaign.

Jack Perme in Edgewater, New Jersey | Photo by Monica Perme
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Trail Moments: A Petal Pedal—Identifying Plants on the Path
October 02, 2024

Cycling offers the opportunity for identifying plants on the trail quickly and cycle through different habitats.

Petal Pedal group ride along New York's Wallkill Valley Rail Trail | Photo courtesy Laura J. Lehtonen and Stephen M. Young
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Trail Moments: The Fellowship of the Trail
September 19, 2024

Ken Silbert wasn’t expecting to make lifelong friends on his first Trailblazer Society ride seven years ago, but he did.

Trailbalzer ride on Iowa's Raccoon River Valley Trail | Photo by Jimmy O'Connor
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Debbie Njai: Breaking Down Barriers for People of Color in the Outdoors
June 03, 2024

When Black People Who Hike founder Debbie Njai went on a hike with friends in 2020, she didn’t know the trek would change her life.

Debbie Njai sitting - Photo courtesy Black People Who Hike
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American Icon: The Great American Rail-Trail Is on Its Way to Fulfilling a Cross-Country Vision
May 06, 2024

Five years after launch, the Great American Rail-Trail is on its way to fulfilling a cross-country vision. See updates across the route.

Eastern Continental Divide tunnel along the Great Allegheny Passage (gaptrail.org) | Photo courtesy Dave Majors
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Leveraging This Moment for Impact
February 05, 2024

Over the past several years, these are all ways we’ve described the momentum driving the national movement to connect the nation by trail.

Group on trail - Photo courtesy Getty Images
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Ron Griswell of HBCUs Outside Is Bridging Gaps to the Outdoors
January 31, 2024

I (Ron Griswell) show up in the world as an explorer on a journey to caring more about myself, my community and the environment.

Ron Griswell has been connecting people to the outdoors since his days in college. He is now the founding Executive Director of HBCUs Outside. | Photo courtesy Ron Griswell
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Tapping Into Opportunity: RTC’s Strategic Priorities
January 10, 2024

RTC has been focused on building a nation connected by trails, spreading trails across the country to bring new potential to communities.

Happy multiracial women having fun embracing each outside - Photo courtesy Getty Images
Trail survey graphic with black female bicyclists on trail in winter next to RTC green t-shirt