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ModerateSawmill Road to Kern River Headwaters — Sequoia National Forest High Country Spine via Sherman Pass
Southern Sierra's forgotten high crossing.
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ModerateCougar Buttes Road — Johnson Valley Desert Basin to Pioneertown via Bessemer Mine
Empty Mojave basin, granite, mine scars.
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ModerateBodie and Benton Crossing — Mono Basin High Desert Circuit via Masonic Mountain
Ghost towns, mines, and alkali flats.
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DifficultCoyote Flat to Fish Lake Valley — White Mountains High Desert Traverse via Chiatovich Creek
Bristlecones, shelf road, and a basin nobody finds.
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ModerateSawmill Road to Sandstone Peaks — Los Padres National Forest Sespe Wilderness Edge via Reyes Peak
Condor country ridge run above SoCal's biggest wilderness.
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EasyLonesome Highway — Modoc Plateau Rim Road to Lava Beds via Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge
California's empty quarter — lava, birds, and war history.
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DifficultCoyote Wells to McCain Valley — Anza-Borrego Desert East Bench via In-Ko-Pah Mountains
Desert bench run where California turns Sonoran.
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DifficultMojave Road — Rock Springs to Fort Piute via Mojave Desert Water Holes
Old Army road through the Mojave's driest miles.
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ExpertWaucoba-Saline Valley Road — Inyo Mountains Crest to Saline Valley Hot Springs via Steel Pass
Steel Pass into Saline: earn your soak.
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ExpertLonesome Highway — Surprise Canyon to Panamint City Ghost Town via Lemoigne Canyon Spur
Death Valley's most punishing ghost town run.