Resources and Reflections

June ‘08 – A true wilderness adventure to one of California’s most remote stretches of coastline; The Lost Coast. Beginning in Willits, we ride north on Hwy 101 to Laytonville where we head west on Branscomb Road through misty redwoods and down to the coast at Rockport. From there its north along the Pacific Coast Highway to where it veers northeast to skirt the Sinkyone – Lost Coast wilderness. There’s a great climb up into the coast range and then a brutal gravel/mud swathed trip down to Usal Beach. See the Route Map here

I could have gone on and slogged on down to Usal, but as you’ll see on the map, I wussed out, turned back down to Hwy. 1 and headed south with a 20 knot wind at my back to Ft. Bragg where I spent the night at the beautiful and historic (and bicycle friendly!) Williams House B&B in Ft. Bragg. On Sunday morning I put my bike on the Skunk Train Back to Willits, glad to be home and even more glad to have gone.

I’ll be adding a lot more detail to the map in the coming days after I get my local routes sketched out. I’ll also be adding in my favorite routes around Kauai, Fairbanks, Eugene and Portland and even a couple in Vicenza, Italy, so stay tuned.

Route map and elevation profile

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