This is a 5-day backpacking adventure (7 days total with travel) and we'd love for you to join us as it's an excellent opportunity to experience the wonder of the beautiful Missouri Ozarks and the Mark Twain National National Forest, challenging yourself to a backpacking adventure that is sure to be a life-long memory!

Wild Hearts will provide all necessary equipment, food for the week and guides.  We will also provide transportation out there and back, and some training before the trip. Participants will be responsible for bringing appropriate clothing and food/money for food on the way there and back.

This backpacking trip will be done as a complete group, moving at the pace necessary for the whole group. We will be tenting in group tents, and we will be cooking/eating together.

This trip is for anyone looking for a wilderness adventure! This promises to be an amazing adventure for those who are up for some Ozark wildernessfun!

Additional info:

• We generally leave very early Saturday morning from the Twin Cities area. Usually, we want to depart no later than 7am. This allows us to arrive in the St. Robert area somewhere around 6:00pm time that same day.
• We stay in a hotel in the St. Robert, MO area Saturday night. We will have 2-3 people stay in each room.
• We will get all the gear ready for backpacking in the hotel parking lot Sunday morning and then head out towards the Paddy Creek area.
• Currently, our destination is the Big Piney Trail but is subject to change. There is considerable opportunities for dispersed camping less than a few miles from the trailhead.
• Our plan is to camp 5 nights on the trail.
• We may come out to the trailhead, resupply, and do a different trail midway through the week.
• On Friday, we will head out of the area, head towards home and spend the night in a hotel near Osceola, Iowa.
• We will arrive home Saturday afternoon.

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