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ModerateMojave Road — Fort Piute to Needles via Lanfair Valley and the Piute Gorge Wash
Fort Piute to Needles — the Mojave Road's eastern run.
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Overlanding Trails in California
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ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Soda Dry Lake and Government Holes (West Segment)
America's oldest desert wagon road.
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ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs Lake to Piute Spring via Mid Hills and Hole-in-the-Wall (Central Segment)
The Mojave's historic desert spine — junipers, volcanics, and silence.
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ModerateMojave Road — Piute Spring to Fort Piute via Lanfair Valley and Fenner Hills
Wagon ruts, stone ruins, Mojave silence.
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Rock Springs via Soda Lake and Government Holes
138 miles of wagon-track desert. Bring water. Lots of it.
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ModerateMojave Road — Piute Creek to Rock Springs via Mid Hills and Hole-in-the-Wall
California's oldest road. Still no pavement.
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ModerateMojave Road East — Piute Spring to Fort Piute via Lanfair Valley and Fenner Wash
Army ruins, volcanic rock, and no cell signal.
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Providence Mountains via Soda Lake Playa and Government Holes
140 miles of Old West desert. No guardrails.
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ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry
Marmots, switchbacks, and no guardrails.
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ExpertRubicon Trail — Loon Lake to Tahoe City via the Sierra Nevada Granite Spine
California's ultimate granite proving ground.