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DifficultInyo Crest Trail
Sierra spine with Whitney views and exposure.
USA
Overlanding Trails in California
Trails curated for overlanders in California.
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ModerateCoyote Canyon Trail
Desert crossings test your approach angles.
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BLM Sheepherder Hill Dispersed Area
High desert dispersed camping with panoramic views across the Mojave Valley, popular with Death Valley explorers.
California
ModerateBradshaw Trail
1860s freight route across the Colorado Desert
California
Death Valley Wildrose Canyon Charcoal Kilns Dispersed Area
High-elevation desert camping near the historic beehive kilns with cooler temps and pinyon pine shade.
California
ModerateBig Sur Coast Ridge Road
High ridge above Big Sur's untamed coast
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ModerateDeath Valley Backcountry Byway
Desert crossing through America's harshest landscape
California
Alabama Hills BLM Dispersed Area
Iconic Sierra Nevada backdrop camping among granite boulders where dozens of Western movies were filmed.
California
Zabriskie Point Death Valley Overlook
Golden badlands vista point overlooking Death Valley's eroded mudstone formations, best photographed at sunrise when the landscape glows.
California
Glacier Point Yosemite Valley Overlook
Half Dome's iconic profile and the entire Yosemite Valley spread 3,200 feet below from this granite precipice.