Humboldt Hiking

PCRSP = Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
RNSP = Redwood National and State Parks
HRSP = Humboldt Redwoods State Park
HFR = Headwaters Forest Reserve
LCMA = Lacks Creek Management Area
KRNCA = King Range National Conservation Area
TAW = Trinity Alps Wilderness
ACF = Arcata Community Forest
MCF = McKay Community Forest

2025 Humboldt Hiking
January
PCRSP: Elk Trails, Bogs and a Sit Pad Tragedy

February
RNSP: McArthur Creek and Ridge Loops AKA 7.5 Hour Boggy Blow Downs Loop

March
RNSP: Bald Hills: Dolason Prairie Trail
RNSP: Bald Hills: Lyons Ranch Loop and Schoolhouse Peak
Caution: These two hikes together total about 20 miles with 4,134′ ascent and 4,103′ descent.

April
RNSP: Skunk Cabbage Trail to Mussel Point
PCRSP: Moorman-Pond Trail
PCRSP: Hope Creek Ten Taypo Loop AKA Tremendous Trunks Trail
PCRSP: Ossagon “O-sey-gen” Trail and the Coastal Trail Bog Blockade
PCRSP: Ah-Pah Interpretive Trail

Del Norte County
RNSP: Klamath River Overlook
RNSP: High Bluff Overlook and Radar Station B-71
RNSP: Flint Ridge Trail

May
King Crest Lost Coast Loop
KRNCA: Day 1: Into The Windy Belly Of The Beast
KRNCA: Day 2: The Romance Of King Peak And Spanish Ridge
KRNCA: Day 3: The Early Bird Gets The Lost Coast Serenity
45.39 miles
8,297′ ascent
8,389′ descent

June
Arcata Ridge Trail Yo-Yo #2
HRSP: Day 1: Bull Creek Flats Loop and Johnson Camp to Grasshopper Peak
HRSP: Day 2: Wind, Wounded Knee Shuffle and Rumbling Trucks

July
Trinity County
TAW: Trinity Alps Day 1: Stuart Fork, Morris Meadows, Emerald Lake
TAW: Trinity Alps Day 2: Stuart Fork, Deer Creek Trail, Four Lakes Loop, Siligo Meadows, Little Stonewall Pass
TAW: Trinity Alps Day 3: Van Matre Meadows, Stonewall Pass, Red Mountains Meadows, Granite Peak, Stoney Ridge Trail, Stuart Fork
48 miles
10,258′ ascent
10, 339′ descent

August
PCRSP: Miner’s Ridge Gold Bluffs Beach Fern Canyon James Irvine West Ridge Zig Zag #2 Knapp Loops

October
ACF: Hike All The Arcata Community Forest Trails Loopy Loop
22.5 miles, 4562′ ascent, 4623′ descent

November
PCRSP/RNSP: Redwood Prairie Marathon
26.2 miles, 2812′ ascent, 2759′ descent
9 hrs 59 min 58 sec

December
MCF: McKay Community Forest

2024 Humboldt Hiking
July
RNSP: Trillium Falls Lady Bird
PCRSP: West Ridge Rhododendron Trail Loop
HRSP: Grasshopper Peak
HRSP: Peavine Ridge Loop
PCRSP: West Ridge Brown Creek Knapp Miner’s Clintonia Irvine Loop

August
PCRSP: Knapp Friendship Ridge James Irvine Loop
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 60

December
PCRSP: Miner’s Ridge Fern Canyon Friendship Ridge West Ridge

Summer 2023 Humboldt Hiking Summary
June
HFR: Headwaters Forest Trail

July
Arcata Ridge Trail Yo-Yo
PCRSP: Miner’s Ridge Trail – Fern Canyon – James Irvine Trail
LCMA: Lacks Creek: Beaver Ridge Trail – Round Prairie Trail
Arcata Community Forest

August
RNSP: Tall Trees Loop – Redwood Creek – Lost Man Creek Trail