Depopulation in the 1930s combined with rare geographic fortitude deterred construction of any major highways and left a strip of Northern California coastline at the southernmost edge of Humboldt County the most undeveloped and remote portion of the coast, earning it the name "The Lost Coast."

The picturesque strip of wilderness sits snuggly along the Pacific ocean, far to the west off the 101, taking hikers along several beaches and through some genuinely epic campsites. The hikeable stretch of coast is technically two sections and approximately 52 miles. However, the northernmost 25 miles is what’s most commonly understood as the Lost Coast Trail. The trail runs north-south, from Mattole Beach to Black Sands Beach near Shelter Cove, though in the below trip report you'll see we did a modified version to cover more ground.

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