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ModerateBunny Flat to Panther Meadows — Mount Shasta Summit Road
Glaciers in your windshield at 8,000 feet.
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Overlanding Trails in California
Trails curated for overlanders in California.
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DifficultWaucoba-Saline Valley Road — Owens Valley to Saline Valley via Inyo Mountains Crest
Death Valley's back door — hot springs and hard miles.
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ModerateDome Land Wilderness Road — South Fork Kern River to Rockhouse Basin
Southern Sierra granite country, zero crowds.
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ModerateCalico Hills to Teutonia Peak — Mojave National Preserve Desert Crest Road
Mojave's quiet interior on your own terms.
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DifficultKellys Grade to Borrego Palm Canyon — Santa Rosa Mountains Desert Divide
Limestone shelf road into palm canyon country.
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DifficultCoyote Canyon Road — Anza-Borrego Desert Palm Oasis to Alcoholic Pass
De Anza's canyon, still wild and unforgiving.
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ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Summit to Big Sur Coastal Divide
Coast Range to Big Sur. No easy way through.
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ModerateCoyote Wash to Pinnacles — Anza-Borrego Desert Jeep Trail
Desert canyon water crossings and bighorn country.
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ModerateCinder Cone Volcanic Loop — Lassen Volcanic National Park Backcountry
Painted dunes and black cinder in volcanic solitude.
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ModerateMineral King Road — Sequoia National Park’s Switchback Gauntlet
698 curves into the Sierra's most remote valley.