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Smoky Mountain Outdoors

Smoky Mountain Outdoors has over 30 years of whitewater experience and training. Through our FREE Raft Guide School, we have introduced hundreds of applicants, just like you, to the exciting profession of being a Whitewater Raft Guide. It's an opportunity that will last a lifetime.

Smoky Mountain Outdoors can be found in the quaint town of Hartford, Tennessee, right outside the Smoky Mountain National Park. Our rafting company, and riverside staff housing, stretch along one mile of the Pigeon River. We are centrally located 45mins to an hour from Asheville, NC, Knoxville, TN and Gatlinburg, TN.