USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Wolverine Petrified Wood Area — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Horse Canyon
Petrified logs on a clay bench nobody visits.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
USA
ModerateHatfield McCoy Trails — Pocahontas County Burnsville Circuit via Cranberry Backcountry
Appalachian mud, rock, and rhododendron — the real deal.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes North — The Wave Approach Road via Wire Pass Trailhead
Sandy wash road into lottery-permit canyon country.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn National Forest Battle Park Road to Hazelton via Red Wall Country and Dry Fork Ridge
Red walls, open sage, and zero other rigs.
California
ModerateJawbone to Dove Springs — El Paso Mountains Full Desert Traverse via Red Rock Canyon State Park Backdoor
Volcanic badlands, slot canyons, zero pavement.
California
ModerateLime Creek Road to Sweeney Pass — Cuyamaca Mountains Desert Divide via Laguna Mountains
San Diego's forgotten high-country desert divide.
North Carolina
ModerateOphir Creek Road to Mount Pisgah — Uwharrie National Forest Red Clay Ridge Circuit
Red clay that eats unprepared rigs for lunch.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Hills to Red Rock Canyon via the Sheep Range Crest
Vegas's forgotten wilderness — no casinos, no crowds.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Mountains Road to Amargosa Valley via Beatty Cutoff and Daylight Pass
Death Valley's back door through volcanic badlands.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Lost Creek Wilderness Road to Goose Creek via Rampart Range and Tarryall Mountains
Colorado's best Front Range ridge run.