Name: Wilderness Bonds: 3-Day Backpacking Adventure with Dad
Start: 2025-11-07
End: 2025-11-09
Location: Ponca, AR, USA

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Nov 7 - 9, 2025

Group size: 4 - 6

Wilderness Bonds: 3-Day Backpacking Adventure with Dad

Ponca, AR, USA

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$NaN

Nov 7 - 9, 2025

Group size: 4 - 6

Experienced Guide
Our guides are fun, knowledgable of the area and experienced.
Tent
Based on double/triple occupancy. These BigAgnes Coppur Spur UL3 tents are ultralight and some of the best on the market.
Osprey Backpack
Fitted and sized just for you. We offer 50 and 65L bags. We have a few available kids packs but recommend kids bring their own that fits and is comfortable.
Sleeping Bag
Depending on weather, we offer Nemo 35 or 15 deg sleeping bags
Sleeping Pad
One key to sleeping well in the outdoors is a good mattress. Allowing you to sleep 3" off the ground, these ultralight sleeping pads will keep you warm and comfortable.
Cook System
Jet Boil has it going on. Participants will be supplied with a Jetboil cook system to boil water.
Water Filter
We do not carry tons of water. Participants carry a lightweight water filter system to pump water when needed filtering out 99.9999% microbes and viruses.
Food
We supply freeze dried meals which are healthy, lightweight and delicious.

Chair

$35

Daypack

$20

Day 1
Day 1
Wilderness Bonds
10am - Meet at the Buffalo Outdoor Center for bathroom stop.
10:30 - Drive to Lost Valley Trailhead
10:45 –
o   Review Safety Briefing once more.
o   Hike 2mi down Lost Valley Trail, check out the Cave and the Falls.
1pm - Back at the vehicles, learn to pack gear, filter water at nearby creek (staying at dry camp tonight)
Drive to Compton Trailhead, park vehicles, Take Bench Trail. Plan to camp somewhere 3-5miles down the trail
~4-5pm - Arrive at camp off Bench Creek or potentially outside of Kyles Landing and prepare site
o   Setup Camp
o   Prepare Dinner
o   Build Fire
o   Debrief
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Day 2
Day 2
Wilderness Bonds
7:00am - wake up, breakfast, quiet time
7:30am - pack up camp, finish breakfast, repack bags
8:30am- 4pm – Continue hike, taking ORT, crossing the river several times to the Centerpoint trail. Go Centerpoint Trail to Goat Trail and back camping somewhere off Centerpoint trail.
-              Highlights for the day may include (weather and water depth permitting)
o   Goat Trail and Big Bluff Overlook
o   Granny Henderson’s abandoned cabin
o   Hemmed Hollow
o   Multiple River Crossings
~4-5pm - Arrive at new campsite near Centerpoint and make camp for the day
o   Setup Camp
o   Filter Water
o   Prepare Dinner
o   Build Fire
o   Debrief Day
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Day 3
Day 3
Wilderness Bonds
Day 3 (Hike Out Day)
- 8:00am - wake up, breakfast, quiet time
- 8:30am - pack up camp, finish breakfast, filter water, repack bags
- 9:30am - back on the trail. Plan to take Centerpoint to Sneeds Creek trail back to the trailhead and the cars.
- Highlights for the day include (weather and water depth permitting)
            - River Crossing
            - Driving home
            - Hemmed Hollow (weather and energy permitting)
- 3pm - Arrive back at Vehicles for gear inventory and departure
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