Hiker Challenge Badges
The Hiker Challenge is all about inspiring, motivating and rewarding you - especially new and novice hikers - for getting out on Nova Scotia’s beautiful trails to start hiking or to hike more. It’s tailored to showcase the best of the province while providing helpful and fun challenges in doing so. Your challenge is to hike certain distances or in certain regions over the course of a year. Your reward for completing each challenge is a badge to show off on clothing or backpacks, as well as being listed on our Honour Roll. There is a cost for most badges, but some are free. Each season we’ll do a prize draw including everyone who has earned a badge in the last three months. Prizes are gift cards generously provided by our partner
The Trail Shop. So get your hike on and take the Hiker Challenge!
Honour Roll - view who has earned badges so far!
Keep track of your distances: Download and print this
logbook or try an
online app.
Have questions about how it works? Check out our
Rules and Q & A document.
Hiker Challenge Prize Draw: Winners
A prize draw for the Hiker Challenge was held on December 2, 2024 for those who earned badges this fall. Congratulations to the winners of gift cards generously provided by
The Trail Shop Halifax:
$100 gift card: John Lowry, Valley
$50 gift card: Steven Zinck, Dartmouth
$25 gift card: Chris MacInnis, Centreville
The application deadline for badges earned this winter is February 28, 2025 for the March prize draw!
The Challenges
New Regional Hiker Challenge Badges
Click on a badge below to learn more about how to earn it.
The Core Hiker Challenge Badges
Click on a badge below to learn more about how to earn it.
The Youth Distance Badge is supported by the Uplifted Program, which is funded and managed by Halifax International Airport Authority.
Apply for your badges here. Only do this after you've completed a challenge!
Apply for Youth Distance badges for Guides, Scouts & youth groups here.
Happy trails!
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