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Lost Coast Loop Hike March/April

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Mar 2, 2012 at 6:36 pm #1848056

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Doug, you're always on a trip.

Mar 2, 2012 at 7:20 pm #1848070

Matthew Black
Spectator

@mtblack

Chances are that's all Casey will be wearing if we stray too close to any depth of water.

Mar 2, 2012 at 7:21 pm #1848071

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

…if that

Mar 2, 2012 at 7:47 pm #1848087

David K
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@aviddk
Locale: SW Oregon

Ken,

What program did you use to build the elevation profile? My wife has seen these graphs elsewhere and keeps asking me how to make one. TIA

David

Mar 2, 2012 at 7:49 pm #1848088

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

I did that with my Topo! program. Once you draw out your route you will be prompted to make one.

Mar 3, 2012 at 10:35 am #1848231

Ben F
Member

@tekhna

Has anyone ever actually seen a rattlesnake on the Lost Coast?

Mar 3, 2012 at 12:36 pm #1848263

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Yes. Don't put your hands and feet in where you can't see. Raccoons are the big pest out there.

Mar 3, 2012 at 1:46 pm #1848283

Kattt
BPL Member

@kattt

There could be snakes in the water….

Mar 3, 2012 at 2:23 pm #1848292

Matthew Black
Spectator

@mtblack

I am terrified at the turn these posts are taking…

Mar 3, 2012 at 2:51 pm #1848306

Bob Gross
BPL Member

@b-g-2-2
Locale: Silicon Valley

Don't worry about it. Besides, rattlesnakes don't eat very much.

–B.G.–

Mar 3, 2012 at 2:57 pm #1848311

BlackHatGuy
Spectator

@sleeping
Locale: The Cascades

Forget the snakes. I'd be more worried about the candirú fish said to inhabit the waters on the Lost Coast Loop……

Mar 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm #1848328

Matthew Black
Spectator

@mtblack

Nice use of diacritical marks.

Under Armor really should expand their line to fully embrace the implications of the name.

Mar 4, 2012 at 8:57 pm #1848796

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

I've e mailed you a profile and a route map.

Mar 4, 2012 at 9:59 pm #1848820

Matthew Black
Spectator

@mtblack

Thanks for all your work, Ken. We'll get everything sorted this week.

Mar 5, 2012 at 7:33 pm #1849322

Jay Wilkerson
BPL Member

@creachen
Locale: East Bay

Ken, Is this our starting point?

Mar 5, 2012 at 7:43 pm #1849330

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

That shot is taken up at Windy Point. We start at the Mattole trailhead just down the hill from there. We start off hiking between the base of that hill and the dunes.

Mar 11, 2012 at 1:47 pm #1852032

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Looks like pretty constant rain out there from now through the end of the extended forecast on the 17th. Creeks will be high. Hopefully we catch a break of good weather between systems. Has been really nice here when not raining, blowing, freezing.

Expected highs in the lower to mid 60's with lows around 50. Pretty short thermometer. So far it looks like a chance of rain on Sunday.

Mar 12, 2012 at 3:31 am #1852355

Justin Baker
BPL Member

@justin_baker
Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

Anybody else find it strange that weather.com is forecasting snow showers for shelter cove next monday?

Mar 12, 2012 at 5:14 am #1852368

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

I'm getting

Partly cloudy. High of 48F. Winds less than 5 mph.

Though anything is possible.

Mar 12, 2012 at 8:53 pm #1852786

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Here's the route except for the portion from trailhead to about 1/4 mile north of the lighthouse

Mar 13, 2012 at 2:21 pm #1853144

Justin Baker
BPL Member

@justin_baker
Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

How was it? Did you guys get poured on?

Mar 13, 2012 at 11:52 pm #1853476

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

Dude. It not the 23rd yet. Had we gone, we would have been soaked for sure. Still might.

Mar 14, 2012 at 1:01 pm #1853768

In Active
BPL Member

@blatargh

A person at the Arcata BLM field office just told me that they rent Garcia bear canisters which weigh 4.2 pounds ( that sounds ridiculously heavy for backpacking! ). This sounds too heavy for Garcia's current model, maybe these are pre-812 canisters?
I just contacted Bearboxer to see if I could get a canister shipped in time for the trip, waiting on a reply.
I can buy a Bearvault locally. What other options should I consider given the limited time frame?

Mar 14, 2012 at 2:46 pm #1853826

Ken Thompson
BPL Member

@here
Locale: Right there

You'll be happy with a Bare boxer. They rent the 812 at the BLM. Too big for an overnight/ 2 days. I'll e mail the others and see if they might have a spare amongst them.

Mar 14, 2012 at 3:26 pm #1853841

Matthew Black
Spectator

@mtblack

We will or we won't and that is just how you play this game. We won't die from it and we won't be out long enough to really suffer.

I am confident that we are prepared to stay warm and safe enough.
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