Lake Ouachita Vista Trail - IMBA Epic

Trails in great shape from Denby to Joplin anyway. Mountain Bike Arkansas - mtbark.com Mar 13, 2016

For folks wanting to shuttle this trail, I recently stayed at Echo Canyon Resort, echocanyonar.com, and highly recommend it. The cabins are located a few miles from the far eastern terminus of the LOVIT, and the trail is just a few hundred yards from the cabins. Best of all, they have a van and a sweet rack that will hold 6 bikes (seriously, check out this rack, northshoreracks.com/photo%2...) and will shuttle you to any TH on the LOVIT (for a fee) and you just ride the trail back to the cabin. I stayed in a 3-BR cabin that was practically brand new. Also Hot Springs was only about a 15 min drive away. Sorry for the infomercial, but the folks at Echo Canyon seem passionate about catering to the MTB crowd, so I want to make sure the word gets out (they even installed bike wash stations at each cabin). As far as the trail itself, well it is indeed Epic. The climbs up Hickory Nut and Bear Mtn are no joke. Lots of flow on the west end, and some white-knuckle downhills on the east end. Jun 2, 2016

Rode from the start on the eastern end going west (for 7mi out and back - total). Some serious climbing but the scenery and long downhills are worth it. The trail was in great shape. Some short sections are single track on old fire road. The rest is single track and great! Some switchbacks and climbing but not technical in terms of drops and boulders in this first 3.5mi eastern end. Jan 2, 2017