A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area; to submit an event, write to sports@timesfreepress.com.
Chattanooga Boat & Sport Show: Thursday-Sunday, Chattanooga Convention Center; 3-9 p.m. Thursday, noon-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; $10, free for ages 12-under with accompanying adult.
Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, through Fenton Forest on Bauxite Ridge, easy to moderate 7 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Enterprise South Nature Park lot; call Tammy Hendrick at 315-949-8187); Tuesday, Cumberland State Park’s Pioneer short loop & Pioneer Trail, 5 miles, lunch at the lodge (meet at 8:30 a.m. at ballfields parking lot on Durham Street in Soddy-Daisy; call or text Roy or Marti Owensby at 423-309-0579); Feb. 15, Big Creek loop trail, moderate 8.7 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City in Red Bank; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654); Feb. 18, Enterprise South Nature Park (meet at 8:30 a.m. at park visitors’ center lower parking lot; call Nancy Allen at 423-987-0941); Feb. 22, Bird Mountain Trail in Frozen Head State Park, difficult 7.1-mile loop (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call John Politte at 423-304-8327).
Hiwassee/Ocoee State Park hike: Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon; guided, easy 1.5-mile loop. Meet at park’s Gee Creek office.
Cumberland Trail hiking series: Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; guided, moderately strenuous 4-6 miles, 1 way (shuttle provided); free but advance registration required through info@outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.
