Completed the bell mountain loop July 30th (27 celsius, 50% humidity). Lemme tell ya, I don't recommend anyone doing this trail in the summer. I think every spider in southern Missouri had made their home directly on the path. This slowed progress quite a bit, but not by nearly as much as the 20+ downed trees also in the path. I ended up adding an additional ~.5 mile total to the route just to get around the piles of trees.
Bear spray should be a requirement for anyone attempting this route, as I startled a pack of wild boars in the creek area. Boars can be VERY aggressive and I got lucky they ran away, instead of fighting.
This route has the potential to be fun, but a large amount of trail maintenance needs to be completed to make this route 'runnable'.