Guides, shops and venues
Guide services, gear shops and venues in the Southeast, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.
All of the Southeast · just Western Carolinas · all regions · change
- 24 Hours of Booty (24 Foundation)event company · Road · Charlotte
24-hour cycling and walking fundraiser for cancer survivorship, on Charlotte's Booty Loop.
- Adaptive Climbers Festivalevent company · Sport · Red River Gorge, KY
Four-day adaptive climbing festival at Muir Valley with Catalyst Sports, welcoming people learning to climb.
- Appalachian Outfittersevent company · Canoeing · Dahlonega, GA
Dahlonega outfitter running canoe, kayak and tube trips with shuttles on the Chestatee and Etowah rivers.
- Asheville Turkey Trotevent company · Road running · Asheville
Downtown Asheville Thanksgiving 5K and one-mile Gobble Wobble, 26th year.
- Blue Heron Whitewaterevent company · Whitewater · Hot Springs, NC
Rafting outfitter on the French Broad in Marshall, near Hot Springs, with half-day, full-day and float trips.
- Blue Ridge Adventuresevent company · Mountain biking · Brevard
Pisgah mountain bike race organizer.
- Catawba Riverkeeper RiverSweepevent company · Clean-ups · Charlotte
Basin-wide river cleanup at 50+ sites, run by Catawba Riverkeeper.
- Charlotte Turkey Trotevent company · Road running · Charlotte
Charlotte's largest Thanksgiving race, with an 8K, 5K, one mile and tot trot at SouthPark.
- City of Oaks Marathonevent company · Road running · Raleigh
Marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K through downtown Raleigh, NC State and the greenways.
- Dirty Wolf Racingevent company · Trail running · Brevard
Trail and ultra race organizer in the Carolinas.
- Greensboro Gobblerevent company · Road running · Greensboro
Thanksgiving morning 5K and one-mile run and walk in downtown Greensboro.
- Hot Springs Rafting Companyevent company · Whitewater · Hot Springs, NC
Outfitter in the center of Hot Springs running guided rafting and self-guided tubing on the French Broad River.
- Ironclad Racesevent company · Road running · Kinston
Kinston charity half marathon and 5K at Mother Earth Brewing.
- Jingle Bell Run Raleigh (Arthritis Foundation)event company · Road running · Cary
Holiday-costume 5K and kids' mile run by the Arthritis Foundation.
- Maggie Valley Fly Fishing Festivalevent company · Fly fishing · Maggie Valley
Memorial Day weekend festival with fly-fishing demonstrations, casting instruction and vendors.
- Mangum Marathonevent company · Road running · Ellerbe
Rolling country-road marathon and half near Ellerbe with minimal support.
- New River Marathonevent company · Road running · Todd
Marathon, half and 5K along the New River near Todd.
- North Carolina Cyclocrossevent company · Gravel · North Carolina
Statewide cyclocross race series, fall and early winter.
- Ocoee Adventure Centerevent company · Whitewater · Cleveland, TN
Outfitter running guided rafting trips on the Middle and Upper Ocoee, east of Cleveland.
- Palmetto Ultrasevent company · Trail running · Charleston, SC
Lowcountry trail race organizer with ultras and group runs around Charleston.
- Pisgah Productionsevent company · Mountain biking · Brevard
Brevard race organizer for mountain bike, gravel and adventure races in Pisgah National Forest.
- Raleigh Turkey Trot at Ridgewoodevent company · Road running · Raleigh
Established Thanksgiving morning 8K in Raleigh with a kids' dash.
- Rocktoberfest (Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition)event company · Sport · Campton, KY
Red River Gorge climbing festival with intro sport, intro trad and gym-to-crag clinics.
- Sheltowee Trace Outfittersevent company · Whitewater · Corbin, KY
Corbin outfitter near Cumberland Falls running guided rafting, kayak, canoe and boat trips.
- Tanawha Adventuresevent company · Trail running · Morganton
Western NC trail race organizer: Fonta Flora, Looking Glass 100K and South Mountains races.
- Trivium Racingevent company · Trail running · Greensboro
Piedmont race organizer for trail and road races around Greensboro and Snow Camp.
- Umstead 100event company · Trail running · Raleigh
100- and 50-mile trail run on the bridle trails of Umstead State Park.
- Uwharrie 100event company · Trail running · Troy
100-mile and 100K trail run in the Uwharrie National Forest.
- Uwharrie Mountain Runevent company · Trail running · Ophir
Winter trail races of 8, 20 and 40 miles on Uwharrie National Forest singletrack.