Great Basin Guides has relocated out of the Great Basin into the Central Coast of California.. We still think the Great Basin is the best part of America and we plan to spend a great deal of time in it. But time moves forward and events have brought us to the Central Coast.
The Other California |
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| California is thought of as crowded, as full of people roads and buildings. There is another California, a land area bigger than most states, empty or nearly empty of people. On these pages we are going to explore, the other California, both historically and currently. Check back, I will add to this site over time. |
| The Historic Sisquoc and Sespe Country |
| Point Reyes, essay |
The SLOCREST Trail Project
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Coast Range Trail Project
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Wild horses below Treasure Mountain
View from Hi Mountain Lookout along Coast Range Trail toward Pacific Ocean
Trinity Alps Our project is to create a trail along the crest of the Coast Range from Mexico to Oregon. A large section of the trail has already been built. The Pacific Crest Trail follows the approximate crest from Campo to near I5 where it turns north. Our project will start there and regain the PCT in the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California, ending at Applegate Lake just over the Oregon border. The trail as currently mapped is 1420 miles long. As was done with the initial planning for the PCT the trail will be a collection of existing trails and dirt roads with some trail building required. As the trail comes into existence there should be additional trail building to move the trail off of the roads. Another problem to surmount is the amount of private land which will need to be crossed. The PCT again offers lessons here. About 300 miles of the 2600 mile long PCT is located on Private land. This trail will offer an alternative to the PCT from the Angeles National Forest to the Trinity Alps in addition to being a stand alone trail.
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We plan to offer exploration hikes llama pack trips, and or horse pack trips, and even Jeep trips along the trail. These will not be guided commercial trips but will be groups interested in seeing the trail. We will announce those trips as we continue planning. The trail could use re routing in areas as we simply drew lines on topos. If you have an interest in exploring/ surveying a section on your own, let me know and I will supply you with maps.
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