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Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / A trail path winds through at Enterprise South Nature Park Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The recent dry, hot weather has caused leaves to fall from trees. Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / A trail path winds through at Enterprise South Nature Park Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The recent dry, hot weather has caused leaves to fall from trees.

By Ron Bush, compiler October 30, 2019 2 min read

A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area; to submit an event, write to sports@timesfreepress.com.

Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, Piney River Trail near Spring City, moderately strenuous 8.3 miles, vehicle staging (meet at 8:30 a.m. at ballfields parking lot on Durham Street in Soddy-Daisy; call Tammy Hendrick at 315-949-8187); Nov. 9, Bald River Trail beginning where the Bald flows into the Tellico, moderately strenuous 8.9 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City in Ooltewah; call John Politte at 304-8327); Nov. 12, from Brush Creek trailhead on U.S. Highway 64 one mile east of Boyd’s Gap, easy 5-6 miles (call Bob McGavock at 667-2960); Nov. 16, Brady Mountain Trail section of CT, moderately strenuous 6.6 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654).

Chattanooga Grotto Club meeting: Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; promotes caving adventures; free, open to public.

Chattanooga Ski Club meeting: Tuesday, 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, Colorado; Snowmass, Colorado; Salt Lake City; Banff, Canada; & St. Moritz, Switzerland. See www.chattanoogaskiclub.org

Interscholastic Climbing League: Nov. 9, High Point downtown; first of six meets at three local indoor climbing gyms for grades 6-12 teams. Email info@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.

Cumberland Trail hiking series: Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; guided, moderately strenuous, one way (shuttle provided), mostly downhill 4-7 miles; free but advance registration required through info@outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.

Local Tennessee Ornithological Society meeting: Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockyturf@epbfi.com or 413-7033.

Chattanooga Bicycle Club meeting: Nov. 18, 6-7 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; for recreational cyclists.

Compiled by Ron Bush. Contact him at rbush@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6291.