Henry Coe Backcountry Weekend, 2006

We’ve been to the Backcountry Weekend at Henry Coe State Park for several years now. In 2006, we car camped and did quite a lot of hiking through the weekend. 2006 was also one of the best years for flowers and the displays were quite amazing.

On Saturday, our hiking loop was : Orestimba Corral, south on Orestimba Creek trail, west on Alquist trail, north on County Line Rd, to Bear Soring Rd to Willow Ridge Rd, to Mississippi Lake cache; backtrack to Mississippi Lake trail, south to County Line Road, east on Hartmann trail, south on Orestimba Creek Rd, and back to camp at Orestimba Corral. That was a total of 11.3 miles, 7 hours, and 2400′ elevation gain.

After breakfast on Sunday we hiked Orestimba Corral, south on Orestimba Creek trail, east on Mustang Cutoff, north on County Line Rd to Mustang Peak then back the same way, for 7.8 miles, 5.5 hours, and 1800′ elevation gain. We broke camp and were out of the park by 5pm per the backcountry weekend rules.

Henry Coe Backcountry Weekend, 2006 – Gallery

Also, my Henry Coe Backcountry Weekend Reference Page includes GPX files of our tracks, coordinates, etc. from our annual visits.