Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont calendar of events

Spring

April

13-18: Spring Hiking Elderhostel

18-21: Spring Photography Workshop

19: 10 a.m. to noon-Spring Wildflower Hike with Amber Parker

19-21: Spring LeConte Overnight

May

2: 8 p.m.-Bryan Bowers in Concert at the Palace Theater in downtown Maryville.

16-18: Spring Adult Backpack

16-18: Spring Wonders Weekend

16-18: Naturalist Certification Training: Southern Appalachian Ecology

16-18: Naturalist Certification Training: Birds of the Smokies

Summer

June

7: 7 a.m. to noon-Bird Watching at Cades Cove with Amber Parker

9-14: Discovery Camp I

9-14: Wilderness Adventure Camp I

9-14: Backcountry Ecological Expedition Camp

15-20 Smoky Mountains Science Teacher Institute

23-28: Discovery Camp II

23-28: Wilderness Adventure Camp II

July

6/30-7/5: Smoky Mountains Family Camp

7-9: Naturalist Certification Training: Plants

7-9: Naturalist Certification Training: Interpretation: A Teachable Art

7-12: Naturalist Hiking Week

10-12: Naturalist Certification Training-Aquatic Natural History

10-12: Naturalist Certification Training-Reptiles & Amphibians

11: Appalachian Celebration at the Heritage Center, Townsend

14-24: Teen High Adventure

14-24: Field Ecology Adventure

14-24: Smoky Mountains Naturalist Expeditions

19: 9 a.m.-Summer Hike with Tremont Teacher/Naturalist

August

15-17: Fall LeConte Overnight

Fall

September

14: Legacy Homecoming at Tremont, ticketed event.

October

3-5: Teacher Escape Weekend

10-12: Women's Backpack

12-17: Fall Hiking Elderhostel

17-20: Chasing Light in the Smokies: Autumn Photography Workshop

24-26: Naturalist Certification Training: Plants

24-26: Naturalist Certification Training: Southern Appalachian Ecology

25: 9 a.m.-Fall Hike, led by, Ken Voorhis, Tremont's executive director

November

7-9: Naturalist Certification Training Combo: Naturalist Skills/ Mammals