Whether it's a month trekking the Pacific Crest Trail, a day following the pioneers down the Oregon Trail, or an hour strolling along a cherished shady brook, hiking is one of our favorite recreational activities. Trails are exercise, commuting and sightseeing.
Trails are a chance to be social or experience solitude, to have some fun or to self-discover.
Here, in the Pacific Northwest, we're fortunate to have an incredible variety of trails to experience. And the RTCA Program is doing its best to help ensure that everyone can experience a trail close to home. The National Park Service's RTCA Program teamed with a coalition of trails groups to develop a strategy to begin to turn this concept into reality. The system should consist of and link federal, state, local and private trails. In addition to recreation, trails should be recognized for protecting resources and providing transportation.