WE ARE NOT LICENSED GUIDES AND THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL SERVICE, but if you have gear and want a shorter walk with people please come along. It is recommended that beginners not bring minors or dogs.
GPS: 34.408769,-94.028077
A quick summary of the trip and then the details:
We will backpack the Buckeye Trail on Saturday, camp near Katy Falls that night, and backpack out on Sunday to our cars.
I always drive out to these trips on Friday evening after work. We will have a lot going on Saturday without adding a long drive to the trip. You will be expected to be self-sufficient once we leave the cars. There is a stream where we will be camping on Saturday but there are no facilities at all near the trail. We will hike about five miles each day. That’s a relatively short distance over rough terrain. I expect the weather to be mild but watch the news. I use Mena, Arkansas for my reference point. http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/US/AR/Mena.html The cell reception is spotty out there but not non-existant. Bring your own food: Breakfast x2, Lunch X2, and Dinner x1. Bring at least two liters of water and a way to treat the stream water.
Below is a google map to the trail head:
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216180069479336624813.0004d73128d24951a746e&msa=0
Below is the USDA trail map:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm9_039458.pdf
If you end up being addicted to all this like we are, we plan longer trips all year long (especially when it rains).
