Today’s RV review is of the 2026 Lost Pines Sequoia trailer. I hesitate to qualify this only as a destination trailer, although that’s the most likely use case scenario. But this is something we saw at the RV dealer open house last September, and we were really taken aback by it. You could easily also call this a tiny house, but it is much nicer than many examples in the tiny house genre.
Essentially, this is a very large travel trailer that is also quite well equipped to be a destination trailer or tiny house. There are three variants in the Lost Pines family, with the Sequoia having no slide. The other two models do have slides, but I am particularly fond of the no-slide format for destination trailers. Seems silly to just leave all that weight hanging off the sides all the time. The Lost Pines trailers fall under Forest River’s Riverstone division and are marketed as a higher-end trailer.
Interestingly, the model I saw at Open House had a mini split air conditioner. Aside from the really nice exterior appearance, I was thrilled to have seen that. However, the production versions now feature your typical RV rooftop A/C units, although they are Gree brand inverter heat pump units. So, they’re sort of like a mini split, but all in one unit. In the hotel business, these are called PTAC—they’re all-in-ones.
I know we all wanna go inside. But first, let’s look at how this thing is built.
Looking under the Lost Pines Sequoia
From the road up, this is a two-axle model using a leaf spring suspension with a better Lippert Road Armor upgrade. That means there are bolts that you can grease and a suspension that isolates this giant trailer more from the road.
One of the interesting things about this trailer is that the entire tongue can be unbolted. So, if it has found a permanent home, you can just remove it. This isn’t that uncommon for destination trailers.
The underbelly of this trailer is fully enclosed and heated, and there are also heat pads on the holding tanks. I also like that the gate valves for the holding tanks are within the confines of the heated and enclosed underbelly with a single connection point.
When I saw the prototype, there was a wet bay on the side and the remote cable pulls were inside that compartment. But it seems they’ve been moved to the frame on the production models. Bummer, because if you do skirt this, you’ve now made it more difficult to open the gate valves.
Someone at Forest River ought to send a spy over to the folks at Alliance. They have figured out that power-actuated dump valves are a feature worth having, especially if you’re throwing around the term “luxury.”
Exterior
The exterior of this trailer is quite striking and, to my eye, in a good way. I know we all have our own taste, so I recognize this won’t be universally loved. But count me as someone who loves this appearance.
But it’s also a different way to build these things. The walls are 3” thick aluminum studded walls with the exterior having an Azdel substrate and then a high-gloss fiberglass finish. That finish is fully painted with this fancy foresty mountain scene—there are no stickers.
Further, the corners are an aluminum channel, so there’s also no insert molding. That’s the plastic screw cover stuff which lasts about two summers here in New Mexico. The roof is fiberglass, so with all those details, this is likely to stay good-looking for years to come. Or stay unappealing. Again, your call.
Another nice thing about the build of this is that the windows are all dual-pane, another nod to being well-suited to temperature extremes.
On this floor plan, there are two entry doors, both of which are 38” wide. The steps are mounted to a hinge and are easily removed, which makes sense. Many owners of destination trailers don’t use the steps that came with their campers and choose to build a deck instead. But if you do use this as a travel trailer, you certainly can do so, although you’ll have to install and uninstall the steps.
Oh, and the doors are those ridiculous units with an all-glass exterior yet normal-sized windows from the inside. Whoever thought black glass doors were a good idea needs to be fired, rehired, and fired again just to get the point across. Have you never, ever been in an RV in summer?
Something else I noticed was that there is a manifold plumbing system. That means you can turn off individual fixtures in this rig, so a leaky faucet or toilet doesn’t have to spell the end of your adventure. I was also quite surprised to see brass fittings inside. This is absolutely best-in-class plumbing.
What’s inside the Lost Pines Sequoia
Forest River describes this as a luxury trailer. I always wonder what the criteria are for that term. There’s no butler’s quarters, so what gives?
What I did find very nice were the blinds in this, which are a Roman-style shade with magnets so you can raise and lower them easily and in steps. I really liked these. In fact, I liked these more than any other RV window covering I’ve ever seen. Maybe that’s luxury?
Up front, there’s an L-shaped sofa and a gigantic TV and fireplace. Those large dual-pane windows really open up the space.
Kitchen in the Lost Pines Sequoia
The kitchen in this rig features very residential-feeling appliances. Those include a large four-burner propane stove top with a real oven plus a large residential-sized microwave. There are plenty of drawers and counterspace. All the countertops in here are solid surface.
The drawers are an extremely high-quality build with dovetail construction and soft-close function. There’s a big pull-out pantry right next to the refrigerator, although that fridge is, unfortunately, a Samsung. You’d better hope you can get it through the door when it dies. I’m sure you won’t have to wait long for that to happen, especially if you actually use this as a travel trailer.
There’s also a dishwasher included in this, and the face of that dishwasher has the same surface as the rest of the cabinetry, so it’s nicely integrated.
The shelves above the kitchen are interestingly open—with no cabinet doors—which might look good on a model but does little to keep clutter out of view. So, get some fancy pants dishes and, if you plan to use this as a travel trailer, figure out how to pack them up every time you move.
The detail and construction of the cabinets give this a very high-quality feel. This is a very tasteful space. There is also a nice, large backsplash across the entire kitchen, which makes sense. Again, there are large windows.
Bathroom in the Lost Pines Sequoia
This floor plan mimics the one in my own travel trailer, although it’s much larger, of course, and the bathroom bisects the whole trailer. There is a good amount of space in this bathroom, and the shower walls look like they’re marble. It’s a very elegant space, and the shower itself is quite large. There’s also a huge mirror so you can observe yourself in the shower if you so choose. There is also a medicine cabinet.
Of course, the toilet is porcelain, and there’s a good amount of space around it. There’s also decent storage in the bathroom.
Another feature you’ll find in the bathroom is a combination washer-dryer.
Bedroom in the Lost Pines Sequoia
The bedroom in here is available with either a queen-sized or king-sized bed, although I would imagine the larger option would really limit the ability to walk around and utilize this space—except for horizontal purposes. I liked the space in here with the queen. But, again, there are 31 flavors at the ice cream store for a reason.
There are large cabinets and drawers on the wall of the bedroom by the foot of the bed. There are soft-close mechanisms all around and dovetail drawer construction. The lighting fixtures in this trailer, too, are really nice. As I said, it’s a very tasteful space.
Final thoughts on the Forest River Lost Pines Sequoia
Tiny house. Destination trailer. Travel trailer. This could fit into any of these categories and, no matter what you choose to call it, it’s a very, very tastefully appointed and nicely built rig.
I suppose if you do want to use it as a travel trailer, you’re going to hope to have oil company stocks because the big slab front on this is going to be one heck of an air dam. But I don’t think that’s really the majority use case here.
Quite frankly, if you had a nice piece of property and your local regulations permitted this, I could see this being a really nice, easy, and effective way to go from a flat piece of dirt to a fully furnished vacation home in the blink of an eye. Again, local jurisdiction permitting, this could also be a nice accessory dwelling unit, too, if that particular in-law has to stay.
Also, if you find a great RV park and want to be the king of the trailers, this might just fit that bill, too.
Whatever the use case, I really, really liked what I saw in this trailer. I would prefer seeing remote pulls for the gate valves that are more easily serviced or are power-operated. Also, seriously, can we all agree that a giant piece of black glass is a really stupid thing to use as a door already?
But other than minor details, I think this would be a really nice place to call home, vacation home, or, yeah, even travel trailer.
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I guess when a wide angle lens is used with software that straightens out all of the curves you sometimes get a weird photo like this. Based on the photo, it looks like there’s nothing but the side of the trailer, with no front panel. But I suspect the photographer was actually standing where the front couldn’t be seen. The software makes it look like the photographer was shooting from an angle somewhat to the front of the trailer, but obviously, that’s not the case.
This was shot on my iPhone with the wide-angle lens at the RV Open House where it’s pretty tight. It would be more ideal if there were more open space around but that’s not the way the Open House is arranged so ya’ do what ya’ gotta do. 🤓
With that slab front, I can picture this being a seasonal RV that is only moved twice a year. Once to the lakefront or mountain valley FHU campsite in late spring and back “home” in late fall. Slightly more mobile than a true residental-spec, permantly parked, “park model”, but, with those must-be-removed steps, open-front shelving, and blunt nose, not really a “travel trailer”. Like Tony said, it’s just a tiny home on wheels that might be towed by a friend’s one-ton dually once or twice a year. For an ADU, I would prefer that park model that might actually appreciate in value, not depreciate, as any RV-spec unit will do as soon as it leaves the dealer!
Our RVIA certified RV tiny home should arrive within a couple weeks. Custom built, all residential, can only be transported with a commercial size vehicle. No exterior to be waxed. It has fiber-cement siding with house paint. Not all RV parks will allow them. Ours is a 55+ gated park. We’ll use seasonally for a few more years, but the plan when we no longer want to move seasonally is to use it FT. The park is a semi-retirement community with the few communal amenities we want at a cost FAR less than formal retirement communities. For travel & adventure we own a SUV towable self-contained travel trailer as a rolling hotel room.
Sounds like a great plan, Jim! A custom-built tiny home with residential siding, roofing, appliances, AC, etc., will always hold its value, and last longer, than an RV. Our favorite 55+ snowbird resort in Tucson has been almost completely filled in the past 10 years with residential-spec’d park models from manufacturers like Cavco and Champion. We even rented one 6 years ago just to try the lifestyle. It was very comfortable and roomy, because it had an “Arizona room” added between the park model and the carport. That big room nearly doubled the usable space in the 399 sq. ft. (max. allowable) park model. Compared to spending winter months in our small fifth wheel, it was “luxury”!
Agree with destination. Disagree with RV tiny house. The latter uses all residential fixtures and appliances; rarely do you find waste storage tanks.