USA
DifficultLockhart Basin Trail — Moab to Needles Overlook via Bears Ears Country
Moab's forgotten canyon corridor.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Canada
ModerateOchre River to Dauphin — Riding Mountain East Escarpment Backroad
Escarpment edge running between the lakes and the plateau.
Canada
DifficultEgg Lake Road — Minitonas to Cowan via Porcupine Provincial Forest East Boundary
Boreal solitude above Swan River Valley.
Canada
ModerateFalcon Lake to West Hawk Lake — Whiteshell Provincial Park South Boundary Road
Meteor crater finish on Manitoba's best Shield loop.
Canada
ModerateBird River Road — Lac du Bonnet to Bird River via Precambrian Shield Backroads
Shield granite and boreal silence east of Winnipeg.
Canada
ModerateSewell Lake Road — Russell to Sewell Lake via Assiniboine River Uplands
Where prairie ends and the bush fights back.
Canada
ModerateProvincial Road 391 Spur — Cranberry Portage to Athapapuskow Lake East Shore Mining Road
Old mining spurs, big northern lake, zero crowds.
Canada
ModerateDuck Mountain Provincial Park — Wellman Lake to Roaring River Backcountry Road
Manitoba's high country — more trail than anyone expects.
Canada
ModerateNopiming Provincial Park — Beresford Lake to Shoe Lake Forestry Road
Shield granite and muskeg — Nopiming earns its name.
Canada
ExpertChurchill Road — Gillam to Churchill via Boreal Shield Backcountry
Subarctic muskeg. Polar bears. No bail-out.