Events

Eager to explore the paths and trails of the Evergreen State?  Serious about walking for health and fitness and looking for good exercise without the monotony of the gym or your neighborhood sidewalks?   Want to enjoy a good walk with friends new and old?  The ESVA offers the most comprehensive list of events anywhere in the United States.  The ESVA and its member clubs offer traditional staffed events and self-guided year-round and seasonal walks, bikes and snowshoe and cross-country ski events.

FIND VOLKSSPORT EVENTS:

Traditional Staffed Events:

Traditional staffed events, also called regular events are usually on weekends.  

• Click here to find out more about Traditional (Regular) staffed events.
• The American Volkssport Association's website -- www.ava.org/walk/cal.htm.  Find walks throughout the US.
  
• Click here for chart of Washington State upcoming traditional staffed events in PDF format.

• Our Featured Events links on the right and at the bottom of this page.  Featured events are traditional events coming up in the near future.

Self-guided Year Round or Seasonal Events:

Want to walk on your schedule -- perhaps during the week or when there aren't traditional events being held near you?  Or maybe you want to walk with a group.  Try these links.

• Click here to find out more about self-guided Year-Round and Seasonal events.
• The American Volkssport Association's website -- www.ava.org/walk/cal.htm.  Find walks throughout the US.
• Find pictures and short articles of various year round self-guided walks that have been submitted to us in the Articles tab, above.
• Try group walks at these www.meetup.com sites:
• Walking Volkssport NW (Everett area)
  
• South-Sound-Walkers

• Check club websites for Friendship or Group walks, often mid-week.  Many times these are listed on their club calendars.
• Northwest Tulip Trekkers Calendar
• Daffodil Valley Volkssport Association -- Wednesday morning walks -- also in South-Sound-Walkers above.
  
• Capitol Volkssport Club -- "Upcoming Walks" page
• Vancouver USA Volkssport Club -- Wednesday Walking Events