Have fun outside

Track Your Time

Give Back to Trails

STEP 1: Join the Campaign

STEP 2: Track Your Hours

Record and submit your hours outside, hours volunteered, or miles hiked to win exciting prizes from local businesses!

About the Challenge

May 1 – June 4, 2023

Part hike-a-thon, part volunteer-a-thon, and all parts fun, the Trailkeeper Challenge is TKO’s new fundraising campaign for spring 2023.

How it works

1. Sign up for the challenge at TKO’s RallyUp page. Set a personal goal, and encourage friends, family, and colleagues to pledge their support! See our how-to video for creating your RallyUp page.

2. Give your time to trails by volunteering at TKO, hiking, or just going outside!

3. Log your activities using the form on this page to track your miles hiked, hours volunteered, or hours spent outside!

4. Get swag from our awesome partners

  • Each Champion will get a Trailkeeper Challenge tee + other goodies!
  • Grand prizes will be awarded to the top 5 Champions in all three categories

5. Share updates on social media about your challenge through June 3rd (National Trails Day) as you get outside and achieve your goals! Check out our media kit here to get started.

Sign Up

Join the Challenge, Earn Swag and Prizes

GET a swag bag of local outdoor goodies

2. Fundraise $200 or more

GET a 2023 Trailkeeper Challenge t-shirt

3. Fundraise the most in a category (hiking, volunteering, time outside)

GET an Arcteryx Beta AR Jacket

4. Fundraise the most overall

GET a grand prize package of an REI Half Dome tent, 2 Trail 25 day packs, 2 Flexlite chairs, 2 Nalgenes, and 2 beanies

Register for the Challenge

Share your challenge experience on social

#TrailkeeperChallenge

As you get outside and enjoy the trails, be sure to tag TKO and #TrailkeeperChallenge on your photos and stories! We can’t wait to see your adventures!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Latest News

You person with a hiking pack walks along a steep mountain trail with large white flowers along the hillside and scenic views.

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This post comes with big thanks to our friends at Washington Trails Association who invited us to borrow heavily from their similar action alert! We invite you to scan the similarities and differences between Oregon and Washington in WTA’s article with a carbon copy for Oregon that we created below. 

If you hike in Oregon, odds are excellent that you’ve enjoyed trails on U.S. Forest Service land. About 39% of Oregon (yes, that’s over 14 million acres of the state) is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. National forests contain some of the most iconic landscapes, popular campgrounds and beloved hiking trails in the state. Encircle Mt. Hood on the Timberline trail, hike along a National Scenic Trail like the Deschutes River trail, visit the Oregon Dunes along the coast, or backpack in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and you are enjoying some of the over 15,000 miles of national forest trails in Oregon.

You person with a hiking pack walks along a steep mountain trail with large white flowers along the hillside and scenic views.

Millions of visitors spread out in Oregon’s 14 million acres of Forest Service lands and 15,000 miles of trails. Photo by TKO volunteer leader Neil Cadsawan

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