Lost Coast Trail

Shawn · Posted: 10/9/2007, 4:15 pm Post subject: Lost Coast Trail

Three of us did this Oct. 6, 7 & 8. It's a hard place to get to, but worth it at least once. This one has been on my list for a long time; now it's done.

Pix in the gallery
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RedRoxx44 · Queen of the Walkabout Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 1167

Looks like a neat trip. Peaks my interest, I used to love walking along miles of gulf coast beaches when I lived in Florida.
Thanks for the cave---did ya check it out???
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IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

I've not walked here Shawn but I've walked miles on the Red Wood coast in parts of Northern California and in Oregon. One of highest on my list is to walk the Olympic Peninsula.
Sure is a different ans somber world isn't it?
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Davis2001R6 · Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy

Just saw the pictures, never heard of the trail until you mentioned it. Do you have a good link for info on it? Whereabouts in California is this? I love the ocean, but can definitely see where walking in sand for days would tire quickly.

Shawn · Posted: 10/10/2007, 11:26 am Post subject:

Google gets you a gazillion articles. This one:

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~crespo/lostcoast/

is a quite detailed "how to."

It's west of Garberville. There isn't much close. I believe Eureka is to the north.
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Once you get above Marin County just across the bay from San Francisco, the north coast of California is pretty sparsely populated. Only coastal towns of any size at all are Fort Bragg and Eureka. Beautiful country!
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Davis2001R6 · Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 5591 Location: Italy

Yeah that certainly is difficult to get to. Google says only 15 hour drive though. Might need to add that place onto the "list".