Claim: During the First Day Hikes program that began in Massachusetts, participants can go into off-limit areas without guides, and some hikes feature modes other than walking, such as horseback riding and mountain biking.
Evidence: In some cases, such as at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in Nevada, guides may take participants into areas of a park normally off-limits to the general public. First Day Hikes is a program of free, guided hikes offered by the fifty state park systems of the United States each year on New Year's Day.