What's the easiest way to make $nodeTree available from PAGE_CONTAINER?

[XFFA.IR Bot]

Am I missing an obvious way to make $nodeTree accessible from the page container? I have a hacky solution involving $navTree to list nodes/forums contained under one category, but it feels like this should be easier.

I'm just trying to build a nav menu that contains a list of all forums and would prefer not to wrap everything in a category node to do it.

Thanks in advance.