California
DifficultChimney Rock to Junction City — Trinity Alps Backcountry High Road
Granite ridgelines, ghost mines, zero crowds.
Surface: Gravel
California
ModerateFlume Trail — Lake Tahoe East Shore Historic Water Route
Tahoe from above, the way the miners saw it.
California
ModerateOnyx Peak to Big Bear — San Bernardino Mountains Crest Road
9,000 feet and two seas in one view.
Oregon
ModerateAbert Rim Access Road — Lake Abert to Warner Valley Desert Escarpment
Stand on Oregon's biggest fault scarp.
USA
ModerateCougar Canyon to Poverty Flat Road — San Rafael Swell Northeast Rim Run
The Swell's quiet northeast edge, raw and empty.
USA
ModeratePony Express Trail — Simpson Springs to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Riding the original 1860 mail route into nowhere.
Oregon
ModerateLakeview to Warner Mountains — Drake Peak Lookout Road
Oregon's forgotten high desert summit lookout run.
USA
ModeratePaiute ATV Trail — Fremont Indian Country to Fish Lake Plateau
900-mile Utah plateau country above 10k feet.
Oregon
ModerateWinter Rim Road — Summer Lake to Abert Rim via Oregon Outback Escarpment
Oregon's sharpest edge above a silent alkali sea.
Oregon
EasyCascade-Lakes Highway Backcountry Spur — Waldo Lake to Willamette Pass via USFS Road 5897
Crystal lake, pumice flats, and old-growth Cascades solitude.