The Bugle Bolt
The Bugle Bolt is a running race on October 17, 2026 in Ponca, AR, with an entry fee of $25.
- Date
- October 17, 2026 (32 days to go)
- Location
- Ponca, Ponca, AR
- Price
- $25
- Sport
- Running
From the Organizer
Bugle Bolt Paige Slape Memorial 5k
***Register by October 4 for tshirt***
Come run this beautiful fast course with lest than 70 feet of elevation change through the entire course. This will be a great time to run and see the fall colors at their peak. This is also the season for hearing the elk bugle throughout Ponca and the Boxley Valley. After the race you could hike the Lost Valley Trail, Hawksbill Craig, The Buffalo River Trail or go see triple falls within just a few minutes drive. Directions to the nearest trails will be in everyone’s grab bags to make this a full family fun day.
Proceeds from the race will be supporting the Paige Slape Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund, established in 2008, honors the memory of Alyssa Paige Slape. She was extremely active in all functions at Jasper High School, Newton County, Arkansas, an outstanding student deeply loved and respected by students, faculty, and anyone who had been fortunate enough to know her.
Her family and friends felt the best way to honor and remember Paige would be the creation of a fund to help the type of student and individual that she so personified.
Each year, three students from the area will be given a scholarship in whatever amount the fund can afford to provide. This fund is a nonprofit organization and all members volunteer their services with compensation.
Events
Weather
Typical Conditions
It's too far out for a forecast, so here's what weather on this date is normally like in the area. A race day forecast will replace this as race week approaches.
Typical High
67°
Typical Low
47°
Based on US Climate Normals data from Kingston 2s, 9 mi from the venue.
Host City
About Ponca, AR
City Elevation
1,065 ft
Nearest Airport
HRO
Boone County Airport · 20 mi
Major Hub
TUL
Tulsa International Airport · 141 mi
Time Zone
Central Time
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32
Days to train
- Race
- The Bugle Bolt
- Date
- October 17, 2026
- Location
- Ponca, Ponca, AR
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The Bugle Bolt
Oct 17, 2026