#coastal
6 trips tagged “coastal”
coastal backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 6 California backpacking routes tagged coastal, ranging from 2.8 to 38.5 miles with 405–7,638 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 5/100 (Easy) on Lost Coast Trail up to 49/100 (Strenuous) on Trans-Catalina Trail, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 7,638 feet. 1 of the 6 need no wilderness permit.
These routes cross Point Reyes National Seashore, King Range (Lost Coast), Ventana Wilderness and Channel Islands, and the months most of them share are May, October, March. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
Sky Camp via Sky Trail
Sky Camp is Point Reyes's ridgetop perch: a 1.4-mile climb from the Sky trailhead to a grassy camp at 1,000 feet with ocean views opened up …
Coast Camp via Laguna Trail
Coast Camp is Point Reyes's beach backpack: a 1.8-mile walk over a 400-foot ridge to a grassy camp 200 yards from Santa Maria Beach. It is t…
Wildcat Camp via Palomarin
Wildcat Camp is Point Reyes's wildest beach camp: 5.5 miles down the Coast Trail from Palomarin to a blufftop campground above the ocean, wi…
Lost Coast Trail
The Lost Coast Trail runs 24 miles down California's most remote coastline, from the Mattole River mouth to Black Sands Beach near Shelter C…
Vicente Flat via Kirk Creek
Vicente Flat is the quintessential Big Sur overnight: a 5-mile climb from Highway 1 with the Pacific on your shoulder, ending at redwood-sha…
Trans-Catalina Trail
The Trans-Catalina Trail crosses Santa Catalina Island from end to end: 38.5 miles of ridgelines, canyons, and coastal bluffs between the fe…