Group Travel
We have loads of experience working with groups large and small including corporate, school, scouting, family gatherings, bachelor/ette parties, and birthdays! We partner with tour operators in the Asheville area to incorporate whitewater rafting, SUP floats, brewery/winery tours, yoga classes, jewelry making, visits to the Biltmore Estate, and more. If you're considering group travel to the "Land of the Sky," email us and let us plan your perfect getaway!
Corporate Team Building
Company founder Jennifer Pharr Davis is available for speaking presentations, team building workshops, and VIP guide service. Jennifer is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, has served on the President's Council for Sports Fitness and Nutrition, and has given talks for groups like TEDx, Google, Volvo, Wells Fargo, GE, and Feeding America.
"Our team had a retreat to Asheville and the highlight without a doubt was having Jennifer Pharr Davis talk with our team then guide our group on a hike. Jennifer’s story is truly inspirational and she goes above and beyond to provide an amazing experience."
- Jon Nash, President & COO, Builders Design
Day Hikes
We can plan the perfect day hike for your group. These private trips are customized to meet your needs and can accommodate a variety of skill levels. Our most popular outing is a half-day tour featuring three epic waterfalls!
Options include:
Half or Full Day Excursion
Meals: We can provide snacks, box lunches, or a picnic-style spread
Transportation: Let us arrange your tranportation or bring your own! We can pick you up at your hotel or conference center, meet you at our shop, or rendez vous closer to the trail.
Our guides can chaffeur your guests to dinner/breweries or other events (designated driver, anyone? Without waiting for an Uber XL!)
Add a half-day activity to a half-day hike for an epic Asheville experience! Options include a jewelry making, kayaking, ziplining, SUP tour, brewery tours, and more.
Multi-Day Hikes
Want to explore more than one day without carrying a pack? We've got you covered! And can customize a series of hikes that hit the highlights while avoiding the crowds.
Options include:
Half Day or Full Day Hikes
Meals: Choose from boxed lunch or picnic style. Breakfast and dinner can be included as well!
Transportation: Let us help you arrange tranportation, or you bring your own. We can pick you up at your hotel or conference center, or make other arrangments to meet your group.
Accommodation: From 5-star hotels to primitive campsites, let us help you to find the perfect fit for your crew.
Gear Rental: Hiking poles, backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, pads, stoves, we've got it all.
We can arrange additional activities for a full-on Asheville experience! Jewelry making, kayaking, ziplining, SUP floats, brewery tours. You name it, we'll make it happen.
Backpacking Trips
Backpacking trips are the perfect way to unplug and immerse yourself in everything the Blue Ridge Mountains have to offer. We run backpacking trips in the Smoky Mountains, on the Appalachian Trail, and throughout Pisgah National Forest.
Options include:
We can plan overnight itineraries up to six days (five nights) long!
Gear: Remember that scouting trip where you had to schlep a pack that was half your body weight up a mountain to prove you were tough?! Yeah, that's not gonna happen. We want you to enjoy your trip, not suffer thorugh it. The brands we use are exclusively ultralight and lightweight. Don't get us wrong. Backpacking's not for the faint of heart. But it's a heck of a lot easier when you're not being treated like a llama in the Andes. We'll set you up with all the best gear. All you need is clothes, shoes, and a toothbrush!
Meals: We provide all meals and snacks on backpacking trips and can accommodate most dietary restrictions.
Lodging: We can also recommend lodging before and after your trip, or you can stay with us at the Appalachian Trail-er in Hot Springs!
We have enough gear and guides to accommodate groups up to 27! Depending on national forest/park regulations, we may have to split your group into smaller cohorts.
