{"id":15323,"date":"2026-01-20T21:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/?p=15323"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:29:15","slug":"annual-hiking-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/?p=15323","title":{"rendered":"Annual Hiking Badges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">50\/100\/200 and 250 Hikes in 1 Year Badges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The GHTA\u2019s Annual Hike Challenge began in 2022 to encourage physical and mental well-being through time spent outdoors. Hikers can earn badges for completing 50, 100, 200, or 250 hikes in a calendar year. The rules are simple and best of all you get to enjoy the Ganaraska hiking trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each hike must be <strong>at least 1 hour<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Longer hikes may count as multiple hikes:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4+ hours<\/strong> = 2 hikes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>6+ hours<\/strong> = 3 hikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No hike log required<\/strong>, but participants are encouraged to share some hikes (location and photos) in the Ganaraska Hiking Trail Facebook group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open to everyone.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership is <strong>not required<\/strong>, but a <strong>$30 annual family membership<\/strong> is encouraged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ordering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Badges can be ordered using the Ganaraska Hiking Trail&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GHTA-Merchandise-Order-Form-for-website-Oct-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merchandise Order Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3-badges-In-1-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3342466569377849;width:403px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50\/100\/200 and 250 Hikes in 1 Year Badges The GHTA\u2019s Annual Hike Challenge began in 2022 to encourage physical and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ghta","post-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15324,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323\/revisions\/15324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ganaraska-hiking-trail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}