USA
DifficultPoison Strip Road — Book Cliffs Desert Floor to Westwater Canyon Rim via Rabbit Valley
Book Cliffs base to Westwater's edge.
Surface: Sand
California
ModerateBorrego Mountain Wash to Arroyo Salado — Anza-Borrego Badlands Desert Circuit via Seventeen Palms
Badlands, palms, and painted clay at the edge.
California
ModerateHole-in-the-Wall Road — Mid Hills to Wildhorse Canyon via Black Canyon Wash
Volcanic desert bench between two iconic camps.
USA
ExpertMaze District Road — Hans Flat to Spanish Bottom via the Flint Trail Connector
The hardest road into America's wildest canyon.
California
DifficultCoso Range Road — China Lake to Coso Hot Springs via Wild Horse Mesa
Volcanic range, 100,000 petroglyphs, zero shade.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Soda Dry Lake to Kelso Depot via Lava Tube and Government Holes
Ancient desert road through lava and silence.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands Island in the Sky Bench Circuit
A 100-mile bench road carved between canyon walls.
California
DifficultCoyote Hills to Jackass Spring — Owens Peak Wilderness Desert Traverse via Nine Mile Canyon
Sierra desert canyon few bother to find.
California
DifficultWaucoba Road to Eureka Dunes — Owens Valley to Death Valley’s Tallest Sand Dunes via Saline Valley Approach
700 feet of singing sand at the end of a brutal desert road.
USA
DifficultGypsum Canyon Road — Canyonlands Dark Canyon Plateau to Needles Overlook via Beef Basin Connector
Beef Basin ruins and a canyon drop you won't forget.