Backpacking with Confidence
Backpacking with Confidence
Discover the basics of backpacking and hiking, from what to put in your pack to wildlife etiquette, then put those lessons to use on a guided 3–5 mile hike. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Great Smokies Welcome Center, Townsend, Tenn. Cost: For Park Keepers, $45; To join and attend, $85 (Park Keeper basic membership $40 + event registration $45). Info – SmokiesLife.org/branch-out-events or email: membership@smokieslife.org.
Great Smokies Welcome Center
$45–$85
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM on Tue, 24 Mar 2026
Great Smokies Welcome Center
7929 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy.
Townsend,
Tennessee
37882