Through hike for Islands in the Sky, 12 mi, 2000 ft. elevation

We are going to hike from one end of the park to the other end at Islands in the Sky Willow Creek part. We will meet at Freeze out road in Duncan Mills near the trailhead and carpool into 1/2 the cars over to the Hunters Camp fire road off of Coleman Valley Road. The route will be downhill on the Hunter's Camp fire road and then Hunter's camp connector trail to Creekside Trail, Bypass trail, Upper Old Barn trail Fern Tree trail up to the fern tree, Badger hill trail for lunch and gorgeous hills and then back on Badger hill trail to Islands in the sky vista loop trail going down and back to our cars.

This is an exploration hike in the sense that I have done all of these trails several times over the years, but never in this order. Elevation gain 1800 to 2000 feet, distance 11-13 miles. We will enjoy 2nd growth redwoods and scenic views of the Russian river and the Coast. When we are done, we will carpool back to Coleman Valley for the people who left their cars at the Coleman Valley trail head which is located 4.3 miles up hill on Coleman valley road that would be a right turn next to Negri's in Occidental.