World Trails Network

We’re proud to introduce the newest cohort of World Trails Ambassadors.🌍 Selected through a competitive international process, these emerging leaders represent countries across the globe, including Costa Rica, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Cameroon, the UK, Egypt, and Indonesia. Together, they’re helping shape a more connected, inclusive, and sustainable future through trails. Learn more at link in bio. #worldtrailsnetwork #WorldTrailsConference #worldtrailsambassadors #trails

Every two years, the Trails Film seeks out unique and powerful trail stories for our advocacy film festival programming. From over 100 entries, we have selected 47 new films, making for an exciting tour of trails around the globe. There are films that share an intimate lens into deeply personal journeys, epic challenges that showcase the awesome power of the human spirit, and powerful calls to action that reveal critical environmental issues in our changing world. 👏👏👏 Congratulations, filmmakers!! Read the latest updates using the link in bio

Mountains of Hope Every silk is a living snapshot of memory, culture, voice, and landscape.

Over 65 walks have taken place worldwide since 3 April – answering a shared invitation to walk in solidarity with communities along the Lebanon Mountain Trail. Thank you for walking, sharing, and carrying stories from Lebanon communities forward. Pictured walks: 🇫🇷 In Die, France, 30 people across four generations walked side by side – reflecting on migratory birds connecting Lebanon and France, and the freedom of movement they represent – organised by Azul Thomé 🇱🇧 In Lebanon, hikers from France, Belgium and Lebanon explored the Jaj Nature Reserve – part of the @lebanontrail network 🇪🇸 In Madrid’s Sierra de Guadarrama, Javi Gras led a walk asking: What is sacred? Where are we going? 🇮🇹 In Verona, Annalise Mercuri walked along the River Adige, creating cyanotypes along the way 🇨🇦 In Toronto, 59 Canadian Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail walked the Yellow Creek Trail, organised by Wafaa El-Osta 🇹🇷 In Turkey, over five days, artists, walkers and storytellers walked the Lycian Way, tracing ancient paths → Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope 3 April – 3 May 2026 Wherever you are, you’re invited to walk alongside us. 🔗 Sign up via the link in bio #MountainsOfHope #WalkWithLebanon #LebanonMountainTrail #GlobalSolidarity #WalkingTogether Kinetika LMTA WorldTrailsNetwork

Help guide the future of trails worldwide 🌿🥾 Nominations for the World Trails Network International Board are now open. If you or someone you know is passionate about advancing trails and building global connections, consider submitting a nomination. Nominations close May 15. Learn more at: /international-board/ #worldtrailsnetwork #internationalboard #trails #trailnetwork #board

Planning to join us at the 2026 World Trails Conference in Perth, Western Australia?🌏🦘 Now’s the time to register.⏰ Early bird pricing ends April 30. Lock in your spot before the deadline to save. Link in bio. #worldtrailsnetwork #worldtrailsconference #hiking #westernaustralia #perth #trails

📍 Shola forest, Western Ghat, India. 6 April. Rachna @rachnatoshniwal walking in solidarity – carrying communities and stories from @lebanontrail into the lush, layered landscapes of southern India. One walk, one place, connected to many. Mountains of Hope continues to move across the world. Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope 3 April – 3 May 2026 🔗 Read the stories via the link in bio and share where you’ll walk in solidarity @othersidestudio.in #MountainsOfHope #WalkWithLebanon #LebanonMountainTrail #GlobalSolidarity #Kinetika

From 3–7 April, artists and storytellers walked the Lycian Way in Turkey – carrying silks in solidarity with communities along the Lebanon Mountain Trail. Across landscapes and borders, we return to five questions first asked by Bertrand Russell and revisited by @rutgerbregman : Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How should we live? What is sacred? The path is made by walking. Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope 3 April – 3 May 2026 🔗 Sign up to walk in solidarity via the link in bio 📖 Read the full reflections by @aliwalkingpretty via World Trails Network @worldtrailsnetwork

Our thoughts are with everyone in Lebanon. We’re walking in solidarity. Since 3 April, Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope – a collaboration between @lebanontrail and @kinetikapeople – has been unfolding in real time, not along a single trail, but across cities, coastlines and countryside worldwide. From Batroun and Byblos to London, Melbourne to Munich, Paris to Catalonia – people are walking. Alone and in groups. Quietly and collectively. Carrying stories from the Lebanon Mountain Trail into their own landscapes. Each day follows the route we would have taken in Lebanon, with a silk story shared from one of the 27 communities along the trail. These stories are being read, reflected on, and carried forward step by step, across different places. Wherever you are, you can still join us. Choose a story. Carry it with you. Walk alongside Lebanon. Walk with Lebanon: Mountains of Hope 3 April – 3 May 2026 🔗 Read the stories via the link in bio and share where you’re walking from 📷 Images courtesy of those who have walked in solidarity across the globe already this month 🌍

Nominations for the World Trails Awards are open until April 15.🌎🥾 This is your opportunity to recognize the trails that connect communities, protect nature, and inspire people around the world. Submit your nomination before April 15 and help celebrate the people and places shaping the future of trails: /trails-awards/ #worldtrailsnetwork #worldtrails #trail #hiking #trails

The World Trails Network mourns the loss of Seo Myung-sook, Honorary Patron and Founder of the WTN and Founder of the Jeju Olle Foundation. A visionary leader, she believed in the power of trails to unite, heal, and bring peace to the world. May her passion and legacy continue to inspire the global trails community for years to come. She will be deeply missed.

Today we begin. One trail. 27 communities. 27 silks. Mountains of Hope is a collaboration between @lebanontrail and @kinetikapeople , shaped with communities along the 450km + 150km Lebanon Mountain Trail. Through walking, conversation and making, stories of place, memory and resilience have been carried into 27 hand-painted silks. Each silk reflects a different section of the trail – and was meant to be returned to its community this April. While we can’t walk the LMTA Thru-Hike in Lebanon this month, the journey continues differently. From 3 April – 3 May, people around the world are walking in their own places, in solidarity. All 27 silk stories are now available to read. Walk wherever you are. Choose a story. Carry it with you. Step by step, alongside Lebanon. 🔗 Read the stories via the link in bio and share where you will be walking 🎥 The Lycian Way, Turkey – artists, filmmakers and storytellers walking with the silks in solidarity with Lebanon Mountain Trail communities.