Guide Services

Last Revised: March 08, 2007

The following people offer guide services in our region:

TEHCC cannot recommend or guarantee these guide services.

The following information has been excerpted from the Appalachian Trailway News, March/April 1996 edition:

Late in 1995, U.S. Forest Service law-enforcement rangers in the South -- who now report to the regional office rather than the supervisor of an individual forest -- began enforcing agency regulations on "special-use permits" (SUP) on tour buses and individual shuttle-service providers.

The SUP rules say anyone taking money for a service involving Forest Service lands (including roads) must obtain a permit to do so; profit is not a factor.

Permit-holders must pay a fee (up to $75 in the case of shuttles) and, more prohibitively, carry fairly high-premium insurance.  Some A.T. shuttlers in Georgia have been fined.  Responding to questions from ATC and its Park Service partners, regional officials made it clear they will continue to enforce the policy.  The A.T. crosses six national forests in the South.

TEHCC has not verified that the guide services listed above have the necessary permits and insurance.  Call ahead, well in advance, to ensure the guide service is still operating, and be prepared to help those who helped you if a fine appears in their future.

Virtually all of the TEHCC section of the A.T. is on Forest Service lands, so this policy applies to our section.