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Seeker
02-27-2006, 20:19
i'm in the process of putting together my next trip and am looking at arkansas this time... Has anyone done the Ouachita Trail (runs from Oklahoma about 225 miles to Arkansas, or the other way, depending...)?

The Ark. and Okl. state park web sites are less than informative, there doesn't seem to be a trail club i can find online, and though i can get maps from the state, nothing beats someone's personal experience.

i'm interested in shuttles at either end, resupply, and water. the trail goes through several bits of state parks/forests (mostly the Ouachita National Forest in Ark), including a stretch called the something-mountain wilderness, which is supposed to be extremely dry and, for a non-western US area, very remote and unpopulated.

any information, especially first-hand accounts or links to an OT hikers group website would be most appreciated. thanks.

The Will
02-27-2006, 21:38
A good place to start would be the Friends of the Ouachita Trail website:

http://www.friendsot.org/

Skeemer
02-27-2006, 22:03
Read my journal at www.trailjournal.com/skeemer

There is a good guide book and I mentioned the shuttles I used. Just did it last month. Liked it except for section I but you need to read my journal before you pass judgement.

Good trail...has some nice shelters. If you're not in great shape do it "backwards" like I did after visiting Bubba's library.

Skeemer
02-27-2006, 22:05
try www.trailjournals.com/skeemer

kate
02-27-2006, 22:18
Tim Ernst has a guidebook for it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1882906438/sr=8-10/qid=1141093018/ref=sr_1_10/002-5320811-4780841?%5Fencoding=UTF8

His personal site:

http://www.cloudland.net/

Hope this helps.

Kate

Whistler
02-27-2006, 23:44
There's also some description and logistics info in the book, Thru-Hiker's Guide to America (http://www.thruhikersguide.com/). It's a good one.
-Mark

Seeker
02-28-2006, 23:09
Thanks guys and gal... that was great. appreciate you responding so quickly. (man, i love this site!)

neo
02-28-2006, 23:15
[quote=Skeemer]try www.trailjournals.com/skeemer[/quote (http://www.trailjournals.com/skeemer[/quote)]

wow nice journal.i plan on doin that trail one day:cool: neo