South Coast Striders release – There will be a couple of options for this hike. The first is a shorter hike of about 5 miles, across the dunes, to the beach and back. This can be shortened even more by turning around before the beach. The longer hike will be a 9 mile total hike to the beach on the John Dellenback Dune Trail then south along the beach and return across the dunes from near 10 mile creek. This is a spectacular but very difficult hike in loose sand if it doesn’t rain prior to the hike. Dress in layers, bring plenty of water and lunch and plan on 5 hours to complete the hike. The difficulty of both of these hikes comes from walking in loose sand…and the occasional steeper climbs up some dunes.