Redwood Forest Hiking Vacation ~ It's this affordable

[mdvaden]

id only go if i could actually climb them....although seeing them would be great, im not going to make the trip just for that.

 

If you contacted Gerry Beranek and a few of his circle, they know where to do legal climbs on old growth size redwoods. Would just need coordinating and alteration of the itinerary.

 

About 4 hours north of the Jedediah Smith redwoods I listed, is the city Eugene. They have climbing near those heights in the Eugene area:

 

Pacific Tree Climbing Institute: Home

 

Someone replied about pricing an RV ...

 

That would be one good option. But unless you hauled a small car as a "toad" behind, some nice trails like Tall Trees Grove and Howland Hill Road would be lost from the adventure.

[armchairarborist]

hired a bigish rv 2yrs ago, think it was about £350 a week, had it for 3wks, from san francisco, drove to yosemite,saw the big trees (both kinds) well worth going, the rv should fit most places, drove up the coast nearly to oregon, best hol of my life, i'll put up some pics when i find them..Ed

[slack ma girdle]

I so want to go, but i need to get the house water tight first

[mdvaden]

One tourist attraction that's actually pretty nice, is the Trees of Mystery. They have a gondola ride to the top of the hill. The ride is through young forest, but the trail goes through some fun looking trees, and the return through a lot of nice chainsaw carvings.