At the start of every year, Nico selects a few potential backpacking trips across the US and schedules reminders to enter lotteries for permits. In the midst of the pandemic, without an end in sight, 2021 was no different. We were looking for a challenging but not overly strenuous hike as Brittany had gone through […]
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The Lost Coast Trail
We hiked the Lost Coast Trail over Labor Day Weekend 2020 having reserved our backcountry permits back in January. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cancelled permits through the beginning of June due to COVID but luckily the trail reopened in time for our trip. The BLM limits visitors to 60 per day and slots […]