 | ||||||
All of our outings are always free and EVERYONE is welcome - membership is not required! Contact the outings leader by phone or e-mail to register and for more information. Our volunteer leaders are not responsible in any way for the safety of participants.
The Ozark Highlands Trail after the forest service burns it.
OVERNIGHT HIKES
March 3rd & 4th OVERNIGHT FUN HIKE ON THE OHT from Cherry Bend to Lick Branch Trailhead. This 19.3 mile hike will begin at the Cherry Bend trailhead and is rated moderate. This is one of the more scenic sections of the trail. It will pass up and over Hare Mountain, the highest point on the OHT. There will also be many nice waterfalls. Contact Kerry Coe at 318-464-6904 for more info. Limited to ten hikers.
March 17th & 18th OVERNIGHT FUN HIKE ON THE OUACHITA TRAIL from Hwy 71 to Queen Wilhelmina State Park. Total length will be 16.5 miles. The hike will cross Talimena Scenic Drive and will include lots of scenery! Contact Kerry Coe at 318-464-6904 for more info. Limited to ten hikers.
March 17th & 18th (St Patty’s Day) OVERNIGHT FLOAT TRIP ON THE BUFFALO RIVER for 16 miles from Woolum to Tyler Bend. Plans are to meet at Woolum and unload, shuttle and launch by noon. We’ll have a pot luck dinner and camp at Peter Cave Bluff. Bring plenty of warm clothing. Contact Pam Ellwood at 479-621-0903 to sign up.
March 31st & April 1st OVERNIGHT FUN HIKE ON MT. MAGAZINE TRAIL. This trail climbs 14.2 miles to the highest point in Arkansas. We’ll meet at the Cove lake Traihead and shuttle a vehicle back to the Greenfield picnic area. We will hike from Cove Lake as far as possible on Saturday and camp off trail and enjoy a pot luck dinner. Sunday morning we will continue to the summit and then down to the parking area. Contact Bobby Shepperd at 479-442-5770 for more information and to reserve your spot. Limited to ten hikers. No pets please.
April 14th & 15th OVERNIGHT WATERALL EXPLORING HIKE. Meet at the Erbie Campground Saturday morning. The group will explore Thunder Canyon Falls (71 feet), Broadwater Hollow (21 feet), and Hideout Falls (37 feet), which is off Compton Road. We’ll camp at Erbie Campground and explore from there each day. Contact Jimmie Adams at 501-982-6690 to reserve your place and obtain more info. Limited to ten hikers. No Pets.
DAYHIKES
March 10th, DAYHIKE TO THE SANDSTONE CASTLES, RICHLAND CREEK WILDERNESS. This is a unique sandstone bluff feature deep in the wilderness area that I first found more than 20 years ago while doing some photography for the forest service. The hike in along an old ridgetop roadbed is 2.5 miles and rated medium. We’ll have lunch inside the bluff and then decide how to return to the parking area—the easy way back (the way we came), or via a steep bushwhack down to a pair of historical grindstones and then out to Hill Cemetery (more difficult, making a roundtrip of more than six miles).This area is featured on page 72 in the new Arkansas Nature Lover’s Guidebook. E-mail Tim Ernst for more info and to sign up. Limited space. Pets are welcome! Group Photo shot on March 10th from inside the Sandstone Castle (scroll to the bottom for two more photos)
March 24th, DAYHIKE on the OHT, Fane Creek to Cherry Bend Trailhead (uphill). Contact “Grey Owl” Barret at 918-825-0500 for more info. No pets please.
March 25th, DAYHIKE on the OHTA, Cherry Bend Trailhead to Fane Creek (downhill!). Please contact “Grey Owl” Barret at 918-825-0500 for more info. No pets please.
April 7th. DAYHIKE 6 miles from White Rock to Shores Lake on the West Side Loop. Bring Water and lunch for a great day of hiking. Contact Mary Collins at 479-466-7569 for more information and to reserve your spot. No pets please. White Rock Falls along the West Side Loop
TRAIL MAINTENANCE
*** OHTA Spring Base Camp *** April 19-22 and April 26-29 Byrd’s Adventure Center All Food Provided Come for a day, a long week-end, or both week-ends! We will be doing maintenance on various sections of the OHT Friday, Saturday, and Sunday both weekends. Thursday is show-up day for those who want to come for Friday or the week-end. You may come any day. Breakfast will be at 7:30 am starting Friday mornings. Camping and hot showers are available. Byrd’s is located on the Mulberry River six miles east of Cass on Hwy. 215 (off Hwy. 23,The Pig Trail). Please call to sign up and for more info: Roy Senyard 479-587-0200, David Turner 479-442-9908, Colin Beger 479-986-9022, or Bob Robinson 479-783-6319. Anyone is welcome (all tools provided, but bring leather work gloves and a daypack). Volunteers are the backbone of the OHTA and the OHT. The weather will be great and spring is a wonderful time to be out on the trail. Come join us, and look for the OHTA Banner!
Contact Roy Senyard for more information about any maintenance issues.
CLUB MEETINGS
No meeting in March.
April 8th, OHTA GENERAL MEETING in Springdale. To get to the meeting site, from Hwy. 71 B in Springdale turn EAST on Emma street, go several blocks, then turn LEFT/NORTH onto N. Main Street, then pull into the parking lot on the right behind the building (across from Shiloh Museum—here is a map). Our program this month will be given by Dale Oliver about his recent trip through Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park in the American and Canadian Rockies (don’t miss it!). We’ll start off with refreshments and social time at 7pm, with the meeting to follow at 7:30. Contact OHTA for information. Many Glacier Lodge at Glacier National Park, Montana - photo by Dale Oliver __________________________________
CONGRATS TO LENNA BARRETT!
LENNA completed the last part of her hike of the entire OHT by hiking from Fairview Campground to Ben Hur Parking Lot on February 27, 2007. It has taken several years and many trips, but it has been worth it.
HIKE SUMMARY:
SECTION # 1 - Lake Ft Smith to White Rock Mountain: December 28, 2001 and April 2, 2002
SECTION # 2 - White Rock Mountain to Cherry Bend December 5, 1998; February 10, 2002; January 13, 2002; January 26, 2023
SECTION # 3 - Cherry Bend to Lick Branch December 5, 1998; February 10, 2001; January 13, 2002; January 26, 2023
SECTION # 4 - Lick Branch to Ozone November 10, 2004; December 15, 2004; January 21, 25, 26, 2005
SECTION # 5 - Ozone to Big Piney "Haw Creek" October 26, 27, 2005; November 30, 2005; December 1, 2022
SECTION # 6 - Big Piney "Haw Creek" to Chancel to Fairview January 4, 2023 and January 7, 2023
SECTION # 7 - Fairview to Richland Creek Campground February 21, 2023 and February 27, 2023
SECTION # 8 - Richland Creek Campground to Woolum November 2, 2022 and November 21, 2022
Lenna Barrett crossing Richland Creek on the last leg of her OHT hike.
OHTA 2007 Officers Tim Ernst, President, 870-861-5536 Keiko Wilke, Treasurer, 479-927-1999 Roy Senyard, Maintenance, 479-587-0200 Norma Senyard, Meeting Programs, 479-587-0200 Bobby Shepperd, Outings, 479-442-5770 Scott Crook, Secretary, 479-521-6340 Dean LaGrone, Membership, 479-750-2550
| ||||||
This site is courtesy of ArkansasUSA | ||||||
 | | | | | | |
