USA
ModerateOnion Creek to Castle Valley — Fisher Towers Back Road
Eighteen creek crossings into canyon madness.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
DifficultChicken Creek Canyon to Pine Valley — Tushar Mountains High Road
Utah's forgotten alpine spine above 12,000 feet.
Oregon
ModerateBuckhorn Drive — John Day Fossil Beds High Desert Circuit
Painted badlands and fossil rimrock, zero crowds.
California
ModerateHungry Valley to Gorman — Los Padres Desert Ridge Run
Tehachapi ridge chaos where two ranges collide.
USA
ModerateConger Mesa Road — San Rafael Swell West Edge to Castle Valley Rim
West Swell solitude above Muddy Creek Canyon.
California
ModerateMendocino Ridge Road — Fort Bragg Ridgeline to Boonville via Pygmy Forest Summit
Coastal ridge solitude above the Mendocino fog.
Oregon
ModerateHells Canyon Reservoir Road — Oxbow to Hells Canyon Dam via Homestead
Deeper than the Grand Canyon — and nobody's here.
USA
ModerateSoldier Creek Road — Fishlake National Forest High Plateau to Richfield via Tushar Mountains
Utah's forgotten alpine — Tushar Mountains high and wide.
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.