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Opening
Day, RTC’s annual celebration of trails nationwide, serves as the unofficial
launch of the spring trail season. Event organizers and volunteers from
across the country have arranged hiking, biking, running and other outdoor
activities to celebrate trails and the benefits they bring to their communities,
including more than 100 bike rides organized by Performance Bicycle. RTC
is organizing featured events to draw attention to its TrailNation™ projects—trail
network building projects that serve as models for connecting trails nationwide.
“Trails give us so much—they bring communities together, creating outdoor space for us to be active and connecting people to the places they want to go,” said Brandi Horton, RTC’s vice president of communications. “Opening Day for Trails is an opportunity for us to celebrate and explore all that trails have to offer. This year, we expect more than 25,000 people to join us for one of the year’s biggest celebrations of trails.” Opening Day’s free, family-friendly events are intended to inspire trail use, connecting trail enthusiasts and newcomers with trails in their communities. For more information about Opening Day, to find events and to enter the Opening Day sweepstakes, visit RailsToTrails.org/openingday and follow #RTCOpeningDay on social media. Opening Day 2018 coincides with the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act, federal legislation that established the country’s National Scenic Trails and National Recreation Trails. The act made possible many of the country’s railbanked rail-trails as a result of the 1983 Railbanking Amendment to the National Trails System Act. Learn more about the anniversary at Trails50.org. Opening
Day is sponsored by Fuji Bikes, Performance Bicycle, KEEN, Topo Design
and Patagonia.
Opening Day is an annual celebration organized by RTC to kick off the spring trail season. RTC is the nation’s largest trails organization—with a grassroots community more than 1 million strong—dedicated to connecting people and communities by creating a nationwide network of public trails, many from former rail lines. Connect with RTC at RailsToTrails.org and @railstotrails on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Share Opening Day stories by using #RTCOpeningDay. Media Contacts: Brandi
Horton
Patricia
Brooks
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