A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area; to submit an event, write to sports@timesfreepress.com.
» Outdoor Chattanooga winter workshops: Today (Search & Rescue, dogs & drones) & Feb. 28 (Fishing Secrets), 6:30-8 p.m., OC center, Coolidge Park; free, all ages, reservations not needed. Email info@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
» Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, Heiss Mountain Road to Retro Hughes Road, moderately strenuous 9.7 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy-Daisy; staging vehicles; call John Politte at 304-8327); Tuesday, Laurel Falls loop, then to Stone Door & along the bluff & back, easy 4 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Red Bank Food City; call Trish Appleton at 332-6517); March 2, Laurel-Snow Trail to Laurel Falls, moderate 6.1 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654); March 5, Keown Falls & John's Mountain, moderate 5 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. behind closed Wendy's on Ringgold Road just off I-75 exit 1; call Appleton); March 9, joint hike with East Tennessee TTA chapter, Rock Creek Gorge section of Cumberland Trail, moderate to strenuous 8.8 miles (meet at 9 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call McElhone).
» Try Archery: Wednesdays in February & March, 3:30-6 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; ages 6-up, free, no experience or reservations necessary. For more information email info@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
» Chattanooga Grotto Club meeting: March 4, 7-8:30 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; promotes caving adventures; free, open to public.
» Rapid Learning intro to kayak & skills practice: March 5, 7-9 p.m., Hulsey Wellness Center at Southern Adventist University; $2 cash for pool use; family-friendly for ages 8-up; $75 for individual year's membership, $125 for family; first-timers free; equipment provided, reservations not required. Email info@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
» Cumberland Trail hiking series: March 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; 1 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: March 14, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockturf@epbfi.com or 413-7033.
» Chattanooga Bicycle Club meeting: March 18, 6-7 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; for recreational cyclists.
» Flipper's Bend Trail Race: March 23, 10 a.m., Flipper's Bend trailhead on Signal Mountain; half marathon $50 ($60 race day), 5-mile option $30 ($40), part of Wild Trails Race Series; postrun party included in fee. See wildtrails.org.