Lost Coast Trail: Usal to Wheeler Camp

Trail in Sinkyone Wilderness · Whitethorn, California

19.9 mi · 5,116 ft gain · 9h 11m · Out & back.

Hard, remote backpacking route from Usal Beach through Anderson Gulch and Little Jackass Creek camps to Wheeler Camp, with steep, rolling coastal-bluff climbs totaling about 7,007 ft of gain on overgrown, unmaintained tread and unreliable cell service.

Trailhead: 39.9187, -123.9428.

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