Arizona
ExpertNellis Wash to Pakoon Springs — Grand Canyon North Rim Desert Plateau via Tuweep Connector
Arizona Strip's most isolated canyon edge run.
Surface: Mixed
Idaho
DifficultWagonhammer Road to Salmon River Canyon — Lemhi Range Desert Spine via Tower Creek
Into the River of No Return's deepest cut.
USA
ModeratePaiute Trail — Fish Lake Plateau to Beaver via Tushar Mountains High Route
Utah's high-plateau backbone route.
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Highway 1 via Santa Lucia Wilderness Edge
Desert range to Big Sur coast in 24 miles.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Fortymile Ridge — Grand Staircase-Escalante Desert Bench via Egypt Trailhead
Sand, clay, and canyon views with no easy out.
Texas
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Locke — Davis Mountains High Desert Observatory Approach via Limpia Creek
Texas sky island — dark skies, thin air, wide open.
Idaho
ModerateGalena Summit Road to Stanley Basin — Sawtooth Valley High Approach via the Wood River Divide
The Sawtooth reveal that hits you like a wall.
Montana
DifficultGlacier Lake Road to Beartooth Plateau — Clarks Fork Trailhead to Island Lake via Top of the World
High arctic tundra on the Beartooth — earned, not driven.
USA
ModeratePothole Canyon to Wedge Overlook — San Rafael Swell North Circuit via Fuller Bottom Road
Utah's Little Grand Canyon, no crowds, no rails.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Baker to Afton Canyon via Soda Mountains and Rasor Road
The Mojave's oldest crossing, river and all.