How Women’s Hiking Communities Build a More Inclusive Outdoors with Gunjan of MyTrailPals

📢 RSVP for the free Trail Talk⁠ on May 28: Adventure Nutrition and Q+A | ⁠Sign up for the June 100 Challenge!⁠🎧 Gunjan Utreja is a first-generation Indian immigrant to the United States who earned a master’s degree in engineering and built an 18-year corporate career. A journey to self-care led her to co-found the HikeQueen Buddies community, which inspired the creation of MyTrailPals—a mobile app designed to integrate outdoors into everyday existence.Angie and Gunjan talk about:Growing up in India and moving to the United StatesHow early morning hikes with a friend spiraled into a large, active hiking community: HikeQueen BuddiesThe importance of "third spaces" for women outside of work and home dutiesWhy Gunjan's creating the MyTrailPals mobile app to encourage community in the outdoorsManaging self-care as a parent, entrepreneur, and outdoor enthusiastTips for women looking to build their own community groupsSend this episode to a woman who you'd love to go on a hike with.Mentioned in this episode:Gunjan on LinkedInMyTrailPals app and InstagramHikeQueen Buddies and Hiking Buddies of BayRSVP for the free Trail Talk on May 28: Adventure Nutrition and Q+ASign up for the June 100 Challenge!Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app!Become a Trailblazer. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.Share this episode with a friend or family member.Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don’t miss a story!Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure (GEA Alliance).Hosted by Angie Marie Lake, edited by Alyson Castonguay, research assistance by Danielle Peecher