California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Big Sur via Santa Lucia Crest
The Santa Lucias' only coast-to-valley crossing.
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Overlanding Trails in California
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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.
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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.
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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.