Planning a Thru Hike: Ouachita Trail

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Thorough and thoughtful planning prior to a thru hike can reduce the chance of things going poorly. In this video, I show you how I plan for a solo thru hike of the 223 mile Ouachita Trail in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Ouachita Trail Shuttling Options:

Bluebell Store and Cafe (Lori)
870-867-3999
Will shuttle the entire trail.
Located mid-trail (~mm 122) 5 miles south of the Hwy 27/OT junction
in Story, AR

Ouachita Trail Guide (Mike & Lynn)
918-383-0060
Will shuttle the entire trail including airport and bus station pickups
Located on west end of trail (Oklahoma)

Latecia Glover
479-216-8992
Will shuttle mm 0 through 94.5 (Big Brushy Rec Area)
Located in Oklahoma.
Willing to help with food/water caches and emergency pickups.

Tånya Thiesen Reddin
Running Reddin's Route, LLC
501-328-7119 or can be contacted via her business page.
Shuttling the eastern end from Highway 27 to Pinnacle.
Located in Arkansas.

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Gear I frequently Use:
Backpack - Lite AF Curve 40L with Full Suspension -

Hammock - Warbonnet Ridgerunner -

Rain Fly - Custom 13' Warbonnet Mountain Fly -

Tent - Zpacks Duplex -

Top Quilts-
UGQ Outdoors 20 Degree Bandit -

Hammock Gear O, 20, and 40 Degree Burrows-

Under Quilts-

COSCO DIY - 40 Under Quilt

Garmin In-Reach Mini Communicator

MSR Mini Groundhog Stakes -

Underwood Graphics Maps-

Brooks Cascadia 15 Trail Runners -

Anker Power Banks -

Nitecore NU25 Headlamp -

Hilltop Packs Custom Printed Food Bag and Custom Printed Dual Pocket Gadget Bag -

REI Magma 850 Hooded Down Jacket (seasonal) -

Sea to Summit Compression Dry Sack

Cascade Mountain Tech Hiking Poles-

Toaks 550ML Cook Pot-

Fancy Feast Stove-

Toaks Long Handle Spoon

REI Rainpants -

Enlightened Equiptment Visp Rain Jacket -

Sealskinz Waterproof Socks -

CNOC 2 Liter Water Bag -
currently unavailable

Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter -

Sit Pad -

Camera- iphone 12 Pro Max

External Microphone - Shure AMV88-

Ultrapod Lightweight Camera Tripod-

Noxgear39g Bluetooth Speaker -

Pump-

Peak Refuel Freeze Dried Meals (Used BCE15 Discount Code for 15% off)

Split Peanut Butter and Jelly-

Down Socks-

Water Proof Gloves-

Lite AF Fanny Pack-

Permethrin-

My Winter Camping Sleep System when tenting:
Marchway Ultralight Folding Cot:

Invoker Camping 3 Inch Sleeping Pad:

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Glad to find your Ouachita Trail videos. I’m considering this for a hike soon.

jamesstephens

Great Video! This video has been super helpful .. i'm planning my thru-hike this March 2024 around this same time . I'm using Farout, and papercopies by backcountry Maps.. Now i may get the digital copies of these as time gets closer in Avenza Map app. Shipping my resupplies doesn't seem to bad. My question to you is did you use a bear can? or just an ursack and hang your food?
Great watching this video ! Very informative

TheAdventuresofEli

Great video! Is there any way you could share that excel sheet to be used as a template?

jaygattis

I am doing the last 63 miles at the end of month. I can’t wait to finish the trail. It is very well marked and maintained beautifully. Shelters are awesome. You will love it. Hiking steep down on rocks always leaves me with blisters unlike any other trail. Bring blister care🤪

christinamartinez

Excellent video, thanks for sharing the planning stages of your trip!

ChadM

Thank you for pronouncing it properly. Good luck.

mbikesrulee

Great planning video! I appreciate the detailed planning and spreadsheet. I’m the same way. I recently thru-hiked the SHT and Long Trail and geeked out over the details; even though it’s daunting at first. Currently, I’m planning a ~340 mile section hike of the PCT in Oregon. Have a blast on your upcoming hike!

AndrewHikesBergs

Sounds like it’s going to be a hell of a journey and challenge! You must be so pumped for it! 💪

Bryank

Jeremy, should I call the Queen Wihlemina Lodge to tell them to hold my resupply box, or do they know what to do? Where do I go to find the box?

jamesstephens

Very helpful for us, thank you! New hikers here

kathyls

Great and detailed video! Looks like I'll miss getting to meet you by 2 or 3 weeks as I'm going to be starting my Ouachita Trail thru hike here shortly. Best of luck and I hope you're enjoying your time on that amazing trail!

jetgirlhikes

This is super helpful to me. I'm planning a thru hike for later this year. Without consulting your itinerary, I consulted the map and Tim Ernst's guide and came up with my own daily plan. It matches your plan almost exactly except for the last couple of days. I'm planning to stay at the Penney campsite after Nancy Mountain. I'm also hoping to do an extra resupply at Lake Sylvia. I just looked back at your final video from your trip. It looks like you finished in 12 days. I know I'm going to have to build up to that kind of mileage, but I have between now and next fall to work on it.

rungavagairun

My husband and I are going to hike the Ouachita trail in April 2023 and I was interested in printing off your spreadsheet, but I don't see it anywhere on here. Can we get a copy of that somewhere? That would really help us a lot. I would appreciate the feedback. Thanks.

nikkicrogh

Hey brother thanks for the video. I've been in Arkansas for about 6 months now and have begun training for this trail. Can you tell me where you got your maps for this trail?

Jwright