Black Fork Moutain Wilderness Trail

“Has anyone ever hiked the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Trail in Arkansas? If so, any information or tips on hiking/camping that trail would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.”

“Has anyone backpacked the Black Fork Mountain Trail in the Ouachita National Forest? If so, any info on the trail would be greatly appreciated!”

“C'mon, you Arkies, answer!!”

“No kidding! Surely somebody out there can give me some information!!!! Anyone????”

“This is a great little trail for overnight backpacking. You need to take plenty of water as there is none on the trail, other than a nasty little frog pond around mile 2. The last 2 miles are not clearly marked, at least they were not in 1998 and 1999 when I last hiked. I tried to hike it in Jan. 2000 but it was close due to an ice storm that had taken down lots of trees. I hike about a mile of the trail and turned around. It looked like a disaster zone. Never seen anything like it. I'm sure the forest has recovered since. Tim Ernst has a nice review of this trail in one of his Ark. hiking books”