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How WTA Works for Trails and for You

By building connections and looking for creative solutions WTA is helping to create a strong future for trails.

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You Know You're in Washington When...

How many Subarus can you spot at the trailhead?

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WTA Opens Second Gear Library

See how this new location in South Puget Sound offers the chance to build new relationships.

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Giving back

Miles the Marmot Reports Back on a Record-Breaking Year for Hike-a-Thon

Sep 24, 2021

News

Hiker Headlines: Public Lands Day, Burn Bans Lifted, Parks Survey, Mapping Rainier

Sep 23, 2021

Books

New Book Shares Stories of Northwest Women Who Helped Shape Our History

Sep 20, 2021

Our Work

Working with volunteers, WTA has helped bring new tools to the hiking community. about our mission.

— Jade Tabony, data scientist and WTA volunteer who helped create WTA's new hike recommender feature

"There are so many areas of this beautiful state that I wouldn't have explored without WTA" — Jade Tabony, data scientist and WTA volunteer who helped create WTA's new hike recommender feature

Lower South Fork Skokomish River by slow n steady