Reply To: Ideas for 3-day hike over Memorial Day weekend?

[Jeff Hester]

Hey Fred! Welcome to SoCalHiker!

Memorial Day is always going to be a busy weekend — mainly because for many people it marks the beginning of the backpacking “season.”

Here are a few suggestions:

• Trans-Catalina Trail – It’s possible to do this over three days, though I’d recommend longer. But you could do a section of this beautiful trail.
• Santa Cruz Trail – This trail is in the Santa Barbara backcountry of the Los Padres National Forest.
• San Jacinto – This is one of my favorite areas for a weekend backpack trip. The route described here was a simple overnighter, but check the map and you’ll see it would be easy to string together a nice loop over several days.

Hopefully this gives you some ideas to get you started! Let me know if you have other questions.