Thank you for your interest in Experience Your Smokies! The application period for the 2024 Class closed February 20, 2024. Save the date, Class of 2025 applications will open January 1st, 2025

Please note that your selection as a class member in Experience Your Smokies requires a commitment to attend all of the program’s classes (from July through December). The sessions require all participants to be physically active, including walking across uneven and steep terrain and for up to ½ mile and streams, standing for prolonged periods of time, and participating during moderately inclement weather. There is a registration fee of $200 due upon acceptance; this fee does not include purchase of a Great Smoky Mountains National Park parking pass. Class members will need to purchase these from the National Parks directly or on their website: Fees & Passes - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov).

The class does have a limited number of attendees; this is necessary due the limited space at some of the sites the class visits and minimizing the impact to those sites. Attendees are selected by a committee based on application response.

We welcome applications from couples, but please note that applications are assessed individually, and couples may not be selected together. 

Questions regarding the program may be directed to Brent Musick, EYS Chairman, at
EYS@experienceyoursmokies.org - Please be patient and we will get back to you.