Make Trails Fun

 

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Helping get people outdoors on Illinois' beautiful trails is reward in itself.

But it's also a super important part of our mission to help people connect to trails and the benefits they provide. So we take on events that do three things:

  • Showcase Ilinois trails and the destinations they connect
  • Benefit the communities it visits
  • Show people how much fun trails can be, maybe in ways they haven't used them before
  • Pay for themselves—and truthfully, they should go a little further than that and support our work

We're proud to offer our three events—The Hennepin Hundred ultra marathon, GITy Up! overnight bike camping ride, and Bike & Dine, Lockport!—and are excited to be planning more.

 

Tall Tom Armstrong in Elgin frames the shot perfectly. :-) #maketrailsfun
Coffee's frozen streams/Like the snot across my cheeks/A morning well met! #trailhaiku #getoutside #maketrailsfun
#ImWithHere #fpdcc #optoutside #enjoyillinois
#asshat, @hennepin100. About to fall in love with another 300 crazy runners falling in love with the Hennepin Canal Trail.
#ILtrailcorps' home through Nov 1. A beautiful evening to arrive in #ClintonIL. #maketrailswork
Helping out @rideillinois & @biketexas, hosts of a legislator bike tour on a beautiful #Chicago morning.
@hennepin100 course measurement ride on the 104-mile Hennepin Canal State Trail. What a beautiful wreck you are.... Or another song reference: this was an 8 ft. path, now it's all covered in daisies. (You got it/you got it)....
A beautiful day spent with the amazing #trailrunning community. #earthday50 @361usa
The weather these last two days has been a gift. May your home be your trailhead.