Big Basin's Sunset Trail Camp

Jeff Driscoll

Big Basin's Sunset Trail Camp

10/03/16

This is a great hike at almost any time of year because of the shade and forest canopy. To turn it into a multi-day backpacking trip, hike here for your first day and then down to one of the trail camps closer to Wadell Beach for the 2nd day. After setting up camp hike down to Wadell Beach and back. This adds quite a few miles but at the low elevation, it's a great way to get some mileage and elevation gain before a summer spent in the Sierra Nevadas.

5.0

Saif Choudhary

Big Basin's Sunset Trail Camp

10/03/16

It was an easy to moderate hike. Almost entirely under the shade of redwood trees, so good for any time of the year the camp site is open. The three waterfalls are all within a mile and a half of the camp sites. Overall a great backpacking trip that was not very strenuous. Only negative was that the campground is a bit crowded with campsites very close to each other. Reservations are required (phone) for the campsite and are hard to get.

4.0

Laura Kavanagh

Big Basin's Sunset Trail Camp

06/08/15

Highly recommend the loop hike, but NOT the Sunset Trail Camp. Campsites were packed so closely together that we could hear our neighbors' conversations perfectly. Not an ideal backcountry experience - might as well have car camped. If I were to go again I would bring a bear canister and pick one of the more secluded, unofficial spots, or just complete the loop as a day hike.