New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
Surface: Rock
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Teton Pass Road to Victor via Coal Creek Summit Backdoor
The Tetons summit nobody's driving but you.
Arizona
DifficultGold Basin Road to Willow Springs — Tonto National Forest Four Peaks Wilderness Edge via Slate Creek
Rocky Sonoran shelves above Roosevelt Lake's broken country.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Paria River Crossing
Two canyons, a river crossing, and nobody watching.
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Hewitt Station
Ghost ranch country baking in the Arizona desert.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.
Idaho
ModerateYankee Fork Gold Dredge Road — Custer to Jordan Creek via Salmon River Mountains
Ghost dredge, shale shelves, and Idaho high country.
California
ModerateGold Bug Road to Hungry Valley — Los Padres Backcountry Desert Bench via Lockwood Valley
From high desert pine to canyon floor — the hard way.
USA
DifficultFins and Things — Moab’s Slickrock Fin Circuit via Seven Mile Canyon
Moab fins with real exposure and real consequence.