Continental Divide Trail Coalition

Public Information Outreach and Communication - CDTC hosted CDT Trail Days in Silver City, NM and welcomed over 3500 people to participate in the free and family friendly events. In addition, CDTC supported over 20 public events across the CDT that reached over 4500 people and helped raise awareness about the CDT and cooperative stewardship efforts. This included hosting 8 hikes in the Gila National Forest to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gila Wilderness designation. In addition, CDTC worked with rural communities across New Mexico to invite first time stewards to the CDTC shared stewardship work through on the ground community stewardship events. CDTC continued to update its website to provide high quality, free online resources for trail information, including releasing a new hiker registration program, and continued work with partners all across the CDT to create broad support for the CDT and CDTC work.

Community Engagement - CDTC continued work with all 21 designated gateway communities and began working with new communities seeking designation in MT and NM. In January 2024 Hidalgo County Commissioners officially and unanimously passed a resolution as the 22nd Gateway Community of the CDT. CDTC produced its 2024 small business survey results, and once again participated in events all across the CDT with communities including Leadville CDT Days, the Pinedale Outdoor Festival, Get Outdoors Hidalgo, Lincoln Days, and events in Rawlins, WY and Steamboat Springs, CO. CDTC once again hosted its Gateway Community Summit and supported the PNTS National Trails Workshop in Tucson AZ with presentations and training in many of our programmatic work.