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ModerateMontaña de Oro Bluff Trail and Islay Creek Road — San Luis Obispo Coast Backcountry via Valencia Peak
Pacific cliffs, creek crossings, zero crowds.
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Historic Crossing)
The Army's old desert highway, still running.
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East Segment)
Army camel corps, ghost forts, and playa that bites.
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ModerateMojave Road — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Lanfair Valley and Fort Piute
An 1867 Army fort and a living spring, earned in sand.
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ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon
Army camels, lava fields, 140 miles of honest desert.
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DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Night Sky Variant, West-to-East Return)
140 miles of Mojave history and volcanic grit.
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DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Full East-to-West Historic Crossing)
138 miles of wagon-rut Mojave history, end to end.
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ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry High Valley
Marmots will eat your truck. Park anyway.
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Valley via Government Holes and Lanfair Road Junction
America's oldest desert highway — still wild, still real.
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ModerateMojave Road Central — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Mid Hills and Hole-in-the-Wall
Mojave's volcanic heart — canyon to cliff face.