Alarka Fall 2022 : 

Alarka Spring and Fall. See Calendar for Specific Dates.

 Please  join us for our Alarka get together at Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground and Cabins in Alarka, NC near Bryson City, NC.
Please let us know in the registration form if you can help with the event. We have opportunities for:
  • Grocery Shopping (1-2 people, an hour or two Wednesday before, preset Costco list)
  • Cold Item Shopping Thursday Night (1 person, 30 min, set list, after Pizza)
  • Thursday Pizza Round-up (2 people, 5-8 pm, pre-order at noon.)
  • Friday Dinner Crew (3 people, 5-8pm)
  • Friday Breakfast Crew (1-2 people, 6:30-7:30 am)
  • Saturday Dinner Crew (3 People, 5-8pm)
  • Saturday Breakfast Crew (1-2 people, 6:30-7:30 am)
Dinners are catered with a set menu, the team is responsible for pickup, setup, and teardown at camp pavilion.
Breakfast will be continental, the team is responsible for setup and teardown in a cabin.
Pizza Dinner involves set orders and pickup of pizza.
All costs paid with RRTU credit card/check or re-imbursed.
To reserve your spot, please register using the button below which will allow you to pay via credit card.
Alarka Trip:
  • Costs
    • Food/Camping: $75 for 3 nights
      • 3 dinners, 3 breakfasts and use of the campground.
    • Cabin: $175 
​The Smoky Mountain Outings are held twice a year, Spring and Fall. The event is a 4 day camping/fishing trip to the DH and Wild Western North Carolina streams. We stay at the Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground (hot showers, laundry room, ice on site). The chapter provides most of the meals for the trip for a FEE. The meals range from pizza, catered pulled pork barbecue, and catered fried chicken dinners over the three nights, and continental breakfasts in the mornings.
  • Hot Showers, Sheltered Mess Area
  • Meals: Thursday dinner (some early arrivals)
                Friday breakfast & dinner (many arrive late Friday afternoon due to work schedules)
                Saturday breakfast & dinner
                Sunday breakfast (pack up to leave by mid-morning to fish and travel home)
  • 2 truckloads of firewood for campfires, tall tales, guide talk from a local flyshop, and occasionally a fundraiser raffle.
  • Countless DH and Wild fishing opportunities within 45 minutes of camp.
  • Typically the Weekend following the early-April and early Fall NCWRC stockings on the Nantahala, Fires Creek, Tuckaseegee and Big Snowbird.

Spring Alarka 2018 Pictures and Info

Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground
Traditional Camping / Cabins available next to the campground 
755 E Alarka Rd. Bryson City, NC 28713

​Access to Big Snowbird DH, GSMNP Deep Creek, Cherokee waters, the Tuck and other streams is closer, yet the Nantahala DH is close as well.

Pics from 2015 alarka