2025 Wine Hiker Hiking Challenge
$15.00 – $40.00
Part of our mission as the Women’s Wine Hiking Society is to empower other women to discover their strength and ability through the outdoors. Although a love of hiking (and wine, obviously) is what brings us to this group, it’s the encouragement and support from other women that makes this community strong.
Looking for a way to stay motivated to hit the trail throughout the year? Wanting to push yourself to try different trails? Or maybe you just need a community to cheer you on.
The Wine Hiker Hiking Challenge runs January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. You can join at any time of the year, although the earlier the better.
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How the Challenge Works
- Choose between our 2 challenge options. See the Challenge 1.0 and Challenge 2.0 details below.
- Sign up for the challenge at the bottom of this page. You can choose the basic buy-in, which includes an ambassador solely dedicated to the challenge group, access to 4 free quarterly hikes (No. UT only), an invitation to a private Facebook group, and an Excel sheet for tracking your progress. You can also choose to add a custom journal with your basic buy-in to help you track your progress on the trail.
- Watch your email for the challenge welcome message. After you sign up, we will send you the Excel sheet to track your hikes throughout the year. We’ll also send you the link to join the 2025 Wine Hiker Hiking Challenge group on Facebook where our hiking challenge ambassador, Rachel Connett, will help you connect with other challenge participants and stay motivated.
In addition to the Facebook group, Rachel will also host free quarterly hikes in northern Utah (a $20 value) to help you succeed! These hikes are only open to challenge members. All challenge participants will receive a password to access the free quarterly challenge hikes.
Challenge 1.0 Details
To complete Challenge 1.0, participants must complete 36 hikes. Of those 36 hikes, participants must specifically complete the following:
- Bag 1 peak
- Attend 2 Wine Hiking Society community service events
- Attend 3 Wine Hiking Society events, not including community service events
- Complete 6 lake hikes
- Complete 3 waterfall hikes
- Complete 1 hike in a national park
- Complete 1 hike in a state park
- Complete 1 sunrise hike
- Complete 1 sunset hike
- Complete 2 winter hikes
- Complete 3 hikes with just women, not including Wine Hiking Society events
You can combine hikes to check items off your list. For example, if you complete a Wine Hiking Society event to a waterfall, that counts toward two of your hikes.
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Challenge 2.0 Details
To complete Challenge 2.0, participants must complete 48 hikes. For this challenge, participants cannot combine hikes. Of those 48 hikes, participants must specifically complete the following:
- Bag 3 peaks over 7000 ft elevation
- Attend 2 Wine Hiking Society community service events
- Attend 3 Wine Hiking Society events, not including community service events
- Hike with 4 different ambassadors – northern Utah requirement only
- Attend 1 Wine Hiking Society Thirsty Thursday or meet and greet event
- Complete 1 10-mile hike
- Complete 6 lake hikes
- Complete 3 waterfall hikes
- Complete 1 hike in a national park
- Complete 2 hikes in a state park (must be in a different park than the first hike)
- Complete 2 sunrise hikes
- Complete 2 sunset hikes
- Complete 2 winter hikes
- Complete 3 hikes with just women, not including Wine Hiking Society events
- Complete 1 solo hike (make sure to let someone know where you’re going & when you should be home)
What You Can Win
At the end of the year, those who complete the hiking challenge will be entered into a drawing. There will be 2 separate drawings: one for Challenge 1.0 and one for Challenge 2.0.
One lucky winner from Challenge 1.0 will receive the following: 2 free hikes, a Wine Hiking Society tank top, a Wine Hiking Society hat, and coffee with the co-founders, a value of $65.
One lucky winner from Challenge 2.0 will receive the following: a 1-year VIP membership, an exclusive (not-for-sale) Wine Hiking Society duffel bag, and coffee with the co-founders, a value of $200.
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Share Your Journey!
We’d love to follow along as you complete the hiking challenge! Share a picture from your hikes and tag us on Instagram @winehikingsociety. You can also post in our Facebook groups! If you haven’t already, join our Wine Hiking community on Facebook. Click here to find a chapter in your state.
Once you sign up, watch for an email on January 1 with more details on how to get started!
NOTE: There are no refunds for this challenge.