A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area; to submit an event, write to sports@timesfreepress.com.
* Cumberland Mountain State Park guided hikes: Friday, Piney Falls State Natural Area (2 miles); Nov. 29, Pioneer short loop (2 miles); all moderate & starting at noon EST; kid-friendly. Call 931-484-6138.
* Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, Cumberland Trail from Suck Creek Road trailhead to Signal Point, moderately strenuous 8.4 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City on Signal Mountain Road; call John Politte at 304-8327); Nov. 26, Chickamauga Battlefield, southern part, 3 miles (call Gloria Nelson at 645-9008).
* Chattanooga Grotto Club meeting: Dec. 2, 7-8:30 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; promotes caving adventures; free, open to public.
* Chattanooga Ski Club meeting: Dec. 3, 7 p.m., Enclave subdivision clubhouse, 950 Channel View Lane; discussions of the winter ski race season at resorts in North Carolina & West Virginia as well as snow ski/board trips to Steamboat, Colo.; Snowmass, Colo.; Salt Lake City; Banff, Canada; & St. Moritz, Switzerland. See www.chattanoogaskiclub.org