Apply to Hike
The Smokies Hikes for Healing initiative is designed to bring small groups of strangers together for important conversations about racism within the refuge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Participants will hike together, share with each other, reflect on their own experiences, and leave with tools from professional facilitators to better combat racism in all aspects of their lives and in their local communities.
Completing this form will help organizers ensure each Smokies Hikes for Healing event caters to participants from a variety of backgrounds in line with the project’s ultimate goal of fostering greater sharing, understanding, and healing around racism in the Smokies and beyond.
Tell us a bit about yourself.
To give us time to select and notify each team of hikers, please submit your application at least seven days in advance of the hike you wish to attend.
Each hike will be limited to 10 participants and will be no more than four miles round-trip.
The trails selected for these hikes travel among the trees and are in the easy-to-moderate range. Participants will receive more information about the meeting time, trailhead location, trail description and other program details if selected to participate on a hike.