Backpacking the Lost Coast - 2024

AllTrails map: www.alltrails....
Our itinerary:
Day 1 - Drive from Sparks, NV to Shelter Cove, CA (about 8 hours). Camp at the Shelter Cove RV Campground and Deli
Day 2 - Catch the 7am shuttle from the Black Sands Beach parking area (booked in advance) and make the two hour drive to Mattole Beach. Hike about 4.5 miles to our first campsite.
Day 3 - Hike about 13 miles to our second campsite at Big Flat.
Day 4 - HIke about 9 miles to Black Sands Beach parking area (arriving around 1pm.) Spend another night at the Shelter Cove RV Campground.
Day 5 - Drive back home to Sparks, NV.
Hiking Guy has a great page that has just about all the information you might need to hike the Lost Coast trail (permits, tide information, etc...)
How to Hike the Lost Coast Trail (from Hiking Guy): hikingguy.com/...
Shelter Cove RV Campground & Deli (where camped the first and last nights): www.sheltercov...
Lost Coast Adventure Tours (shuttle from Shelter Cove to the trailhead at Mattole Beach): lostcoastadven...
Link to the SFGate article talking about the scotch boiler in the video that washed up on beach in 2024: www.sfgate.com...

[@constancedehaan4094]

Nice hike!

[@sierranevadahikes8538]

Thanks 😀 I highly recommend this as an easy backpacking adventure.

[@jc4evur661]

Hate to say it but it looks kinda boring compared to Sierra hikes and other places along the left coast.

[@sierranevadahikes8538]

It certainly is very different from the high Sierras. That’s one of the reasons we enjoyed it.

[@ThatOneGuyWithTheEye]

​@@sierranevadahikes8538don't tell anyone. But do the lower part. From usal road and hike through to shelter cove. I'm doing it on Sunday giving myself a week. 30lb pack 8lb food 5lb water. The rest is clothes, hammock tent, knife, axe, and gun. And all the little extras. I was at bear harbor a few weeks ago and it was so amazing I decided to solo hike the whole trail. I saw many people coming through bear harbor camp from Wheeler so it's passable regardless of what is said online. It was completely fogged out when I went a few weeks ago. Should get at least a few clear days and nights this comming week.