Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Hills to Red Rock Canyon via the Sheep Range Crest
Vegas's forgotten wilderness — no casinos, no crowds.
Surface: Sand
California
ModerateCoyote Canyon Road — Anza-Borrego Desert Spring Run via Collins Valley
Desert creek crossings through Anza's old canyon.
Alabama
ModerateWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy Creek — Bankhead National Forest Canyon Rim via Sipsey Fork
Alabama slot canyons nobody's talking about.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Death Hollow — Escalante River Wilderness Canyon Circuit via Hurricane Wash
Slot canyons, arches, and zero cell service.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Kelso Depot via Soda Mountains and Government Holes
Oldest road across the Mojave Desert.
USA
ModerateComb Wash Road to Natural Bridges — Cedar Mesa Canyon Country via Mule Canyon
Ancestral canyon country, start to stone bridge.
USA
ExpertCanyonlands Elephant Hill Jeep Road
Utah's most notorious slickrock gauntlet.
USA
DifficultComb Wash to Grand Gulch — Cedar Mesa Plateau Rim via Kane Gulch Trailhead
Ruins, slickrock, and a canyon full of ghosts.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Niobrara River Valley to Pine Ridge via Soldier Creek Road
Nebraska canyon country hiding in plain sight.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Muley Twist Canyon — Capitol Reef South Desert Circuit via Strike Valley
Strike Valley walls and Burr Trail switchbacks.