Gay hiking

Today, the group organizes beginner-friendly hiking, camping, and biking trips, among other get-togethers. The program follows the Outward Bound model of teaching technical skills, fostering youth leadership, and self-discovery, and building community through service and outdoor adventure.

Outdoorfest will be held in the Catskills — which means you might find me there! Trips range in length from day hikes to multi day backcountry trips. These seven LGBTQ outdoor groups run outdoor adventure trips for queer people.

Hiking with a group is a great way to make friends and increase your outdoor skills while doing an activity you love. For springthe Boston Queer Scouts chapter is organizing indoor bouldering, bug identification, Arnold Arboretum Walks in Jamaica Plain, and a queer outdoor themed book club.

So I started looking into queer hiking groups—and even started a local chapter. Their Instagram community is still very engaged — you can tag unlikelyhikers, mybodytookmehere, and fatandoutdoorsy if you want to be featured, but these days the group is branching out with accessible group hikes and meetups.

As ofUnlikely Hikers is going through a hiking period. Orlando gay pride 2025 for how LGBTQ-friendly a group trip will be can keep queer folks from signing up for group outdoor adventure trips.

This woodsy gang of dudes takes day trips to nearby mountains, forests and nature trails. The group was founded with the idea to create spaces for LGBTQIA+ people to interact outside of the city's bar scene. My friends didn't feel safe hiking alone.

Queer Scouts Seattle is hosting a seedling swap, crafternoon, and book hiking. Group hikes are paused right now. Any hike longer than that is clearly marked, so you can decide whether to opt in. It made it more acceptable to commit to a long-distance hike.

Location: Washington, DC Mission: Adventuring LGBTQ+ is the oldest gay outdoors club operating in the DC metro area. But there are some stereotypes about outdoors access that can keep people from setting out on trails. Strap on your best outdoor walking boots and head for the great outdoors with the Gay Mens' Hiking Group.

Everyone is welcome at Unlikely Hikers — including queer hikers, BIPOC hikers, chronically ill and disabled hikers, hikers of every size, gay those with mobility and access needs. Their event schedule includes ski trips, family camping trips, rafting trips, and backpacking trips.

You can find your local chapter on their website. LGBTQ outdoor groups are out there, helping queer folks build wilderness skills and feel comfortable in the woods. The rest of us struggle to see ourselves represented outdoors. The Venture Out Project offers wilderness trips for queer and trans folks, plus day hikes organized by volunteers.

Queer Scouts Worcester has some spring walks planned on the Bicentennial Trail and Mount Wachusett, and indoor bouldering. Unlikely Hikers was founded by Jenny Bruso as an Instagram community. Trips are for adults, with separate youth trips available for ages Overnight trips include sober raft trips on the Colorado River, family camping in New England, an Allagash River canoe trip, and queer forest bathing and mushroom identification walks.

Most group hikes are less than 3 miles long with less than feet of elevation gain. From pop culture notions of who gets to be a hiker to tongue-in-cheek roundups of hiker stereotypes — from outdoor magazines, stereotypical images of hikers tend to be cis white male.

How to Find Local LGBTQIA+ Hiking Groups in Your Area Many cities in the U.S. have smaller queer hiking groups, which you can usually find on You can find the largest gay and lesbian hiking groups listed here, but a quick search for LGBTQ+ or queer groups in your area will show you, hiking groups, near you.

Recent trips have included a gay hike in the Hudson Highlands and a vigorous 10 mile hike in Harriman. We stick with day hikes while dreaming about longer backpacking trips. We favor popular trails over more remote ones out of concerns for our safety.