Lost Coast Trail – July 18 2015

July 2, 2015

The Lost Coast It’s a new summer and time for a new adventure! The plan is to hike the entire Lost Coast Trail in northern California. This section includes both the beautiful Mendocino and Humboldt counties. From my understanding, the Pacific Coast Highway (US 1) travels the entire length of the West Coast. However, when developers encountered the King Range they decided the land far too unstable to develop a highway. This resulted in 80 or so miles of untouched and almost inaccessible coastline in Northern California. The nearest highway (101) is about 35 miles from the coast. The result, one of the most remote wilderness areas in the state, and I am going to hike it!

Hiking, relaxing, going to bed, and waking up on the beach every day for about a week! I’m so excited. If you guys have followed any blogs of 2014 Appalachian Thru Hikers, there are a couple coming with me. Gandalf, Goat, Roc Doc, and Kamikaze are all fellow thru hikers last year, and are coming with me on this journey.

Once again, I invite you to join me on this adventure. I will create a daily blog, and publish once I have service. (There is almost no service in the area). There will be TONS of pictures, and I will have one more blog up about preparation before I go. Preparation includes getting a map of the area, bear canister, shuttle info, etc. This will be helpful if any of you are planning a hike of the Lost Coast Trail in the future!

Departure date is set for July 18. I will be driving to San Diego, and up the Cali Coast, hitting LA and SF on the way, and camping with Gandalf, Goat, Roc Doc, and Kamikaze on the 17th, the shuttle taking us to our remote location on the 18th.

Afterwards, the plan is to go up to the Del Norte Redwoods, and take our time driving the entire Pacific Coast Highway on the way back to San Diego. I look forward to the trip, and sharing it with you!

-Stretch