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Ozark Highlands Trail – White Rock Mountain to Ragtown Road
I hiked a bit of this western end of section 2 as part of the whole Shores Lake/White Rock loop last fall. Today I started at the Ragtown Road (FR1509) trail head and went west to the spur for the … Continue reading
Ouachita reconnaissance
I set out this morning intending to day hike the Horsethief Springs loop on Winding Stair Mountain. The snow around Fort Smith from last Friday’s storm is mostly gone so I figured it would be clear there too. I was … Continue reading
Ozark Highlands Trail – Lake Fort Smith to Dockery’s Gap
I hiked the OHT from Dockery’s Gap to the east side of Lake Fort Smith today (map 1). The starting temperature was 25F and there was still a couple inches of snow on the ground so it definitely felt like … Continue reading
Ozark Highlands Trail – Dockery’s Gap to White Rock Mtn
I hiked roughly the eastern half of OHT section 1 today – from Dockery’s Gap to the western Shore’s Lake spur (map 2). The other mile or so east of that point (plus the western end of section 2) was … Continue reading
Turkey Day on Hare Mountain
I did a little impromptu trail work today on OHT section 3 between the Cherry Bend trail head and Hare Mountain. I cleared a couple small trees and lots of little branches from the corridor. I left one large tree … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail – Woolum Campground to US-65
I’ve spent the last 5 weekends hiking or working on the Buffalo River Trail. It wasn’t a goal, it just kinda happened. Last weekend was backpacking in the upper river area, this weekend it was backpacking in the middle area … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail – Boxley to Steel Creek Campground
I’ve day-hiked parts of the BRT in the past but this was my first backpacking trip there. Accompanied by a couple other Sierra Clubbers, we hiked from the Boxley trail head to the Steel Creek Campground (mile 0 to 12.6).
Autumn ’13 trail building on the Buffalo River
One way to ensure you catch the fall colors at their peak is to just spend the whole darn “peak week” out in the woods. I did just that with another week hiking and building trail along the Buffalo River.
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Ozark Highlands Trail – Lick Branch to Ozone
I hiked the 29.5 mile OHT section from Ozone to Lick Branch trail heads this weekend with a couple other guys. They both had long drives so after dropping a car Thursday afternoon at Lick Branch we hiked in from … Continue reading
OHTA work day
I had the privilege today of working with 3 other members of the Ozark Highlands Trail Association to clear the trail from Indian Creek to the Lick Branch trail head. It was in pretty good shape with only 3 trees … Continue reading
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