Earth Day Trail Challenge Extended Through Holiday Weekend

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RAPID CITY, SD—The Earth Day Trail Challenge has been extended through the Independence Day holiday weekend.

The trail challenge was scheduled to conclude last Monday. However, there are trail challenge pins left over and the Rapid City Sustainability Committee has decided the upcoming holiday weekend would be a great opportunity to explore local trails and pick up a pin while doing it.

This is the fifth year the Sustainability Committee has hosted the Earth Day Trail Challenge as a way to maintain and continue the energy and enthusiasm of April’s Earth Day in the local community. This year’s Challenge tasks the public to hike each of three local trails: Serendipity Trail on Skyline Wilderness, Sunrise Loop Trail on the Hansen Larson Memorial Trail System, and Nature Trail at the Outdoor Campus West. 

Along each trail, hikers will find a Rapid City Earth Day Trail Challenge sign and they are asked to take a selfie with the sign in the photo. Hikers have through the weekend to complete the three-hike challenge. They can show the selfies and pick up a Rapid City Earth Day pin at the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks’ Outdoor Campus West, 4130 Adventure Trail.

Challenge participants are also encouraged to clean up trash they may encounter on the trails.

For more information and links to the trail maps, visit: https://www.rapidcitysustainability.com/trailchallenge .