Ouachita and Ozark National Forest

Rafter G said:
What area do you usually go to in the Ouachitas?
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Breifly to the Mena area, but that trip got cut short by a massive rain storm. I ran part of the K-Trail in the ouachitas and I have been to the part of the ouachitas around Broken Bow. Everytime I have been there I have seen a ton of trails to run that I didn't have time to do. When I was in the Ozarks I had a few trails marked on my maps that were supposed to be open (according to forest service website) and I kept hitting gates and closed signs. I was in the area surrounding White Rock mountain.
 
kingofthehill said:
Great thread! Ive been to both forests. I think I like the Ouachitas better so far. Planning on going up to camp over memorial day weekend in the Ouachita national forest.
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Oh yeah!! Ouachita is one of my favorite places in all of the central US! I wish I lived closer to there. I could spend a full year out there and still not see it all.

My dad ended up building a camping spot into the hill side in there. We later came back and capped the spring right next to it to make it run out of a pipe for constant fresh water at camp!
 
Jeff Tyson said:
I don't know how I didn't see this until now, because I searched for Ouchita several times. Then again, I've been spelling it without the "a" so there's my problem. Anyway, I just created a Rally Point for mid June if anyone wants to join. I have a route planned, but it's lose and subject to change. We're going from Broken Bow to the Buffalo River.
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keep us posted on the meet up in June
 
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Jeff Tyson said:
I don't know how I didn't see this until now, because I searched for Ouchita several times. Then again, I've been spelling it without the "a" so there's my problem. Anyway, I just created a Rally Point for mid June if anyone wants to join. I have a route planned, but it's lose and subject to change. We're going from Broken Bow to the Buffalo River.
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I just saw a post about that. I am very interested, I just have to make sure work doesn’t get in the way.
 
kingofthehill said:
Breifly to the Mena area, but that trip got cut short by a massive rain storm. I ran part of the K-Trail in the ouachitas and I have been to the part of the ouachitas around Broken Bow. Everytime I have been there I have seen a ton of trails to run that I didn't have time to do. When I was in the Ozarks I had a few trails marked on my maps that were supposed to be open (according to forest service website) and I kept hitting gates and closed signs. I was in the area surrounding White Rock mountain.
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would you happen to have a .gpx file of the K trail? I have been trying to find it but no luck.
 
Love those areas. They're pretty much my go to spots since I live east of Dallas. Doesn't take long to get up there. I ran the Clayton trail a while back when It still connected to the Ktrail. Went back out there a few month ago and where they are putting in the new Wind Farm they bulldozed the trail intersection and pushed a big pile of felled trees over onto the Clayton to block access to the K Trail. Still haven't figured out who to contact about that, doesn't seem right.
 
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Downs said:
Love those areas. They're pretty much my go to spots since I live east of Dallas. Doesn't take long to get up there. I ran the Clayton trail a while back when It still connected to the Ktrail. Went back out there a few month ago and where they are putting in the new Wind Farm they bulldozed the trail intersection and pushed a big pile of felled trees over onto the Clayton to block access to the K Trail. Still haven't figured out who to contact about that, doesn't seem right.
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West side of k trail near clayton has been closed for a few years now only the east side is open past indian highway
 
Boostpowered said:
West side of k trail near clayton has been closed for a few years now only the east side is open past indian highway
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Coulda fooled me. I was on it in March of this year. No signage. We were driving though when construction crews were cutting the road wider. Guy in a dozer even moved a large boulder for us. No one said anything to us about it being closed. Saw other vehicles with in state tags on it closer to the Indian Highway as well.

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Downs said:
Coulda fooled me. I was on it in March of this year. No signage. We were driving though when construction crews were cutting the road wider. Guy in a dozer even moved a large boulder for us. No one said anything to us about it being closed. Saw other vehicles with in state tags on it closer to the Indian Highway as well.

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Call the oklahoma game warden last time i was up about 6 months ago he was handing out tickets, supposedly its now private property. Possibly things have changed or the workers didnt care.
 
joshjunior said:
Check the mvum for sure. They don't really post much signage from what I recall. Here's someone that knows the area well and a great advocate in the area
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Years ago the area the k trail is in was part of the national forest since then its been sold off to private individuals and timber companys so a mvum likely won't do much good. There are no signs because folks keep ripping them down in protest.
 
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The stories of sabatoge on the k arent unfounded either i picked this up in my tire about 4 years ago on the k.
 

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