Oregon
ModerateLakeview to Plush — Abert Rim to Hart Mountain High Desert Connector
Big sky, pronghorn country, and zero interruptions.
Trail Type: Backcountry
USA
ModerateParia River Canyon Rim Road — Skutumpah to Cannonville via Bull Valley Gorge
A drowned truck, canyon rims, and zero cell bars.
California
DifficultChimney Rock to Junction City — Trinity Alps Backcountry High Road
Granite ridgelines, ghost mines, zero crowds.
California
ModerateOnyx Peak to Big Bear — San Bernardino Mountains Crest Road
9,000 feet and two seas in one view.
California
DifficultPismo Dunes to Oceano — Nipomo Mesa Coastal Sand Run
California's last driveable Pacific beach.
Oregon
ModerateAbert Rim Access Road — Lake Abert to Warner Valley Desert Escarpment
Stand on Oregon's biggest fault scarp.
California
ExpertBighorn Basin Road — Death Valley to Eureka Valley via Hanging Rock Canyon
Death Valley's punishing northern secret.
USA
ModerateCougar Canyon to Poverty Flat Road — San Rafael Swell Northeast Rim Run
The Swell's quiet northeast edge, raw and empty.
California
DifficultJawbone to Lake Isabella — Jawbone Canyon OHV Connector
Desert wash to Sierra foothills — earn every mile.
USA
ModeratePony Express Trail — Simpson Springs to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Riding the original 1860 mail route into nowhere.