Tag Archives: Ozark Highlands Trail

OHT Stack Rock Reroute

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

Construction of a 1-mile reroute around the May ’17 landslide near mile 152 of the Ozark Highlands Trail is nearly complete – close enough that a detour is no longer needed.

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OHTA Lopsterfest ’17

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

A group of 6 maintainers of the Ozark Highlands Trail gathered at the Woolum Rec Area on the Buffalo River for Lopsterfest ’17 – good fun, good food, custom t-shirts, and a chance to give our loppers a good workout.

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Ozark Highlands Trail maps

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

It’s taken way too long but I’ve finally finished a set of maps for the Ozark Highlands Trail.  They are in a 17-page PDF that is intended for printing on 11″ x 17″ paper (or viewed on-screen).  Notable features: Free … Continue reading →

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Some renovation at the Big Piney trail head

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

For years there been a problem lurking at the Ozark Highlands Trail’s Big Piney (aka Fort Douglas) trail head: a perennially-wet area that usually left hikers trudging through mud at the beginning or end of their trip.

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OHT detour between Stack Rock and Dry Creek

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

A landslide has erased the Ozark Highlands Trail near mile marker 152.  A 3.1-mile detour has been established using road FR1201 and an old logging road.  Hiking  around the top of the slide would be very difficult, especially with a … Continue reading →

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Shores Lake & White Rock Mountain Loop

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

A couple days with no rain and reasonably cool temperatures came my way and I made the most of it with an overnight trip on the Shores Lake & White Rock Mountain Loop.  It was the third time I’d hiked … Continue reading →

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Ozark Highlands Trail – Salt Fork Creek to Ragtown Road

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

It didn’t feel like it had been over 3 years since last hiking this part of OHT section 2.  There was a good rain a couple days earlier so there was water running everywhere and I was glad not to contend with … Continue reading →

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Ozark Highlands Trail – Lick Branch to Morgan Fields

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

A 2-night trip with a couple friends from Kansas City (RC & TC).  It was the first time seeing most of this stretch from east to west so some of it seemed unfamiliar.  The weather was pretty good, maybe a … Continue reading →

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Ozark Highlands Trail – Sylamore Section

Posted on November 27, 2016 by

This 31.6-mile trail, disconnected from the rest of the OHT west of Richland Creek, had been on the to-do list for a long time and is now checked-off – mostly – after a 4.5 day trip over the Thanksgiving weekend. … Continue reading →

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Ozark Highlands Trail – Morgan Fields to Lick Branch

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

The area between Morgan Fields and the Indian Creek spur was the only part of the OHT that I had hiked only once before, and that was on my very first OHT hike 5 years ago, so I was way … Continue reading →

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