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The Lost Coast Trail
A 24 mile three day backpacking trip along California's most undeveloped stretch of shoreline.
A 24 mile three day backpacking trip along California's most undeveloped stretch of shoreline.
Moderate
24 mi/
39 km
39 km
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A 24 mile three day backpacking trip along California's most undeveloped stretch of shoreline.
Community Trips
Three night trip down the Lost Coast in California. The hiking through sand and rock took more of a toll on my knees and feet than I expected, but it was still an amazing adventure. Read about it on my blog.
After leaving a car at Mattole trailhead the prior day, we set out from the Black Sands Trailhead at 9:30am. The weather was sunny and calm. The common wisdom is to hike the Lost Coast Trail north to south to keep the wind at your back, but one of our party had already hiked it in that direction before, so we decided to go the opposite way. Plus we figured upon completion, it would be easier...
Took a two night trip (three if you count camping at Mattole) to Cooskie Creek. While there we hiked up Cooskie creek to the Cooskie Creek Trail and took it up and over Lake and Spanish Ridges, returning down the Spanish Ridge trail to Randall creek and on up the beach back to camp. We got a little rain going in, then beautiful weather for the remainder. Quite an amazing trip!Full trip...
Another KO! This route, compliments to Dylan, did not fail to push me to my limits or disappoint. I think the others, Elliot and Jeff would agree. (3 days/ 2 nights)The long hike down the loose, rocky sand proved to be quit tiresome but with no shortage of interesting things to see and hear. Along with the monstrous waves, pulling heavy rocks in and out with every roar, we saw loads of sea...
See http://marc.merlins.org/perso/hiking/
The Kings range is what really makes the lost coast unique. This big mountain range develops very few miles from the pacific coast, giving an outstanding contrast between ocean and mountains.The road to the trailhead is unpaved but very well maintained; any vehicle can make it up there, no need for a 4 wheel drive.
