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ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (Historic Desert Crossing)
138 miles of desert history, no guardrails.
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ModerateGold Bug Road to Hungry Valley — Los Padres Backcountry Desert Bench via Lockwood Valley
From high desert pine to canyon floor — the hard way.
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ModerateTrans-Catalina Trail Road — Big Bear Lake to Baldwin Lake via Gold Mountain
Mining ridgeline above Big Bear nobody talks about.
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DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
California
DifficultRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Playa via Hunter Mountain
Rocks that move. Silence that doesn't.
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ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Big Sur via Santa Lucia Crest
The Santa Lucias' only coast-to-valley crossing.
California
ModerateJawbone to Red Rock Canyon — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine via Last Chance Canyon
Slot canyon colors on forgotten Mojave BLM dirt.
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ModerateBradshaw Trail — Chiriaco Summit to Blythe via Mecca Hills Desert Crossing
1862 wagon road. Still earns respect.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Fort Piute Wash
Civil War ruins and desert petroglyphs.
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DifficultEmigrant Pass Road — Death Valley’s Northern Backdoor via Bullfrog Hills
Death Valley's steep Panamint backdoor.