With aims to be accessible for all, the 20-stage walking trail will start and end in Manchester city centre and all stages will be reachable by public transport.
Oldham and Bury sections of the GM Ringway are the first stages to be signposted by volunteers, who braved the wintery weather to start the process.
The small white disks, dubbed ’roundels’, include a QR code to the trail’s websites and were first put up across the 12.4-mile (20km) stretch between Greenfield and Newhey.
A team of three took eight hours to complete the task in dry but chilly conditions, said GM Ringway.
Andrew Read, GM Ringway’s project lead, hoped the “handy waymarks” would ensure anyone hoping to explore nature in the region can do so without getting lost.
