Lost Coast Wilderness and Kings Range > King's Peak > Climber's LogKing's Peak Climber's Log
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| Trawinski | Part of a SAR Training  Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2007 | |
| Hiked up here on Day 1 of a 3-day Lost Coast adventure with my SAR team. The hike down to Big Flat was considerably more agonizing than the hike up. My feet hurt just thinking about it. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2011 11:26 am | ||
| mrchad9 | Lightning Trail Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2007 | |
| Beginning of a great 5-day trip driving around hiking peaks in northwest corner of the state. Great views from the summit, love the remote feeling. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2010 2:06 pm | ||
| winemanvan | Hiked While in College Date Climbed: Apr 10, 1979 | |
| While studying at SFSU, a friend and I hiked The Lost Coast on Spring break. This was at a time when Georgia Pacific and others were still logging the hell out of the area. We hiked in the rain and fog on the trail to Kings Peak where we spent the night. Morning fog burned off revealing incredible views. We hiked with heavy packs down to Big Flat and the black sand beaches. An amazing area. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2010 12:39 pm | ||
| theAxeman | Many summits here | |
| I've climbed this hill several times. On a clear day you can see Mt. Shasta and Shastina from King's Peak, over 250 miles away. If the weather is good the summit platform holds a shelter from the elements, a nice place to spend the night. Easy to lose the trail in the dark descending, I usually just lie down and sleep for the night wherever darkness finds me. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2010 11:44 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Lightning Trail Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2005 | |
| Beautiful trail. Foggy on the coast. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2009 2:19 pm | ||
| BrendanHickey | Saddle Mountain Trailhead Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2009 | |
| Great hike on a sunny weekend. Light haze over the ocean but beautiful views in all directions. Fun 11 mile RT hike from Saddle Mountain trailhead. Would recommend this TH over Lightning if you want a longer hike and more varied views along the way. | |
| Posted May 20, 2009 7:56 pm | ||
| cdog | spring '02 hike | |
| while wrapping up at Humboldt State my girlfriend and I took advantage of being in the neighborhood and made the journey to King's Pk. Had a beautiful spring hike to the summit. Spectacular views of the Lost Coast down below. A couple years later I fought a wildland fire on the east flank of the mountain, which brought back the memories. | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2008 10:34 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Dayhike Date Climbed: May 3, 2008 | |
| Lightning trail. Arrived at the summit 5 minutes after sunset, still great views. Nearly ran out of gas on the way back - note: the road from Ettersburg is in far better shape than the road from Shelter cove (at least in 5/2008). | ||
| Posted May 5, 2008 11:26 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | Lightening Trailhead after Lost Coast Trail Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007 | |
| I couldn't resist the side trip up to King's Peak on my way home from backpacking the Lost Coast trail with my buddy Morgan and Yellow Lab Dylan. The Lightening trail was a pleasure to jog up and down after lugging a backpack around on sand and uneven ground 25 miles over a few days. A scenic shaded trail through the forest with nice views from the top. The drive in and out took longer than the hike. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2007 11:12 pm | ||
| rhyang | Lost Coast, May 2001 | |
| 4-day group backpack trip from Saddle Mountain trailhead to the peak, then down to beach at Big Flat, along beach to Shipman Creek, finally back via Buck Creek. Heavy rain the last day and a half, but fantastic scenery. Great to encounter the different ecosystems from the peak down to the beach and back again. | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2006 8:39 pm | ||
| climbwild | Solo trip | |
| Started late, summitted in the dark, lost the trail on the way down and found the trailhead with a compass and headlamp. Next morning, went up again for the view, ran headlong into a bear and cussed the bastard out until he ran down the mountain. Whoever said bears can't move fast down a hill is full of shit. Absolutely beautiful and warm at the end of an unusually long dry spell. Fell asleep for an hour on the little wooden platform on the summit. See photos of the trip on my | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2006 6:08 pm | ||
| cmc56789 | Route Climbed: Sea and Summit loop from Shelter Cove. Date Climbed: March 21, 2005 | |
| I camped on the beach the first night, and then headed up the Buck Creek Trail to King's peak. It rained most of the time. The top was very rainy and windy. Since it was about sundown, I attempted to camp under the shelter near the summit. This resulted in my tent getting water in it, and thus soaking my sleeping bag. After this development, I decided to hike through the cold, rainy, and very windy night down the Rattlesnake Ridge Trail through what remained of a burnt forest. Daylight came about as I got to Big Flat. Had fun dodging the waves on the way back towards Shelter Cove. A few times I wasn't successful, but by that point I didn't really care, since everything I had was soaked through already. This looks like it is probably a beautiful place when it is not raining and windy. It would have also been a lot more pleasant if I was able to camp a second and third night. I hope to go back. I saw a total of about 3 or 4 minutes of sunlight the whole time, and it was while I was putting my gear back in my truck. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2005 4:38 pm | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: Lost Coast Trail from Black Sands Beach to Rattlesnake Ridge Date Climbed: 25 May, 2003 | |
| Started out Sunday morning from Big Flat @ 10.32. After a few stream crossings, seemingly endless switchbacks, much unnecessary elevation loss (and obligatory regain), and missing the trail once, I finally attained the summit @ 15.16. I passed a couple en route, as well as 2 people from Oakland/Berkeley (one of which I'd recognized from the climbing gym!). While it was foggy most of the way (which I'd say should be anticipated for this part of the coastline), it did clear up sufficiently to allow ocean views, views of the mountains to the E, and even Shelter Cove briefly- beautiful! Hanging out at the summit, taking it all in, and just chilling (actually more like warming from the sun, and drying out wet boots, socks, and sweat-soaked T-shirt), I departed the summit @ 16.23, stumbling back to the Rattlesnake RIdge TH @ 20.28. | |
| Posted May 27, 2003 9:38 am | ||
| John | Route Climbed: Sea & Summit Loop Date Climbed: August 28-29, 1999 | |
| This is a beautiful and remote hike. I only saw 5 people the entire (weekend) trip and walked along miles of pristine coastline. Started in the evening and had dinner on the summit. Unfortunately I lost my way (well the trail just disappeared / stopped) descending the Rattlesnake Ridge Trail at 10:30pm the first night, however, using my headlamp, compass, altimeter, and topo map I was able to bushwack until I intersected the trail again. This is one of my favorite class 1 hiking trips of all time (along with Havasu Canyon - but there's actually a short rope-assisted class 3 section on that hike) - highly recommended. A longer trip report is available here. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2001 8:26 pm | ||
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