On one our our (my husband and I) hiking trips we did her in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas was over at the Compton Trailhead called “Sneeds Creek.” This is NOT a trail I recommend unless you are in great physical shape. The trail winds 1400 feet down the mountain to the creek, and I do mean STRAIGHT DOWN! So naturally you will have to walk STRAIGHT back up the 1400 foot climb back up that mountain to go home.
We did not know that it was 1400 foot down to the creek, so we walked down to the creek. However I knew there was many trails here at Compton Trailhead that met up with each other and several spots, and I was hoping that we would meet back up with one to take a different (easier) route back up to our vehicle. How was I to know that the Sneeds Creek trail NEVER crossed paths with any of the other trails. So needless to say my husband and I are dieting and working on getting back in shape, BUT we where not in shape enough to really do this trail. But as I said before we did not know this until we were at the bottom of the trail.
It took us almost four hours to climb back up that mountain and back to our vehicle. We stop many times to rest and drink water. The trail was beautiful going down and Sneeds Creek was breathe taking, but the climb back up was HELL! For the next 5-7 days my husband and I suffered from major leg pains because we actually tore and stretched a lot of our leg muscles while climbing back up the 1400 foot mountain.
Oh and by the way, this creek has loads of small water falls!
In the picture above does that not look like a dead Gold fish to you??
Put as you can see below it was just a leaf…LOL!
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