BOC Ponca Downhill Mountain Bike Trail

Ponca now boasts some of the longest downhill-specific mountain bike trails in Arkansas which cater for intermediate to expert riders to enjoy.

Weaving below Buffalo Outdoor Center’s cabins, you’ll find a network of gravity lines that can be strung together into six-mile-long runs with as much as 1,300 feet of descending. The downhill-specific trails cater to intermediate and expert riders, but a multi-directional trail, which can be ridden up or down, is suitable for intermediate riders.

A couple of things to keep in mind on the trails:

• The network is free and open to the public, so ride at your own risk and scout the trails if you’ve never seen them before
• While the drops, jumps and rock gardens will challenge more seasoned riders, there are go-around options built into every large feature described on this page for riders who are not ready for the big hits
• Oh, and did we mention there’s a shuttle?