California
ExpertSaline Valley Road — Death Valley North Entry to Saline Warm Springs and Lippincott Mine
Warm springs, salt flats, and a shelf road with no guardrails.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Oregon
DifficultBlackrock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trail — Winnemucca Lake to High Rock Lake
800-foot walls, wagon ruts, and zero cell bars.
USA
DifficultShafer Trail Road — Canyonlands Rim to Potash via Island in the Sky
1,400 feet of exposed switchbacks off the rim.
USA
DifficultLockhart Basin Trail — Moab to Needles Overlook via Bears Ears Country
Moab's forgotten canyon corridor.
California
ExpertRubicon Trail — Georgetown to Tahoe City via Eldorado National Forest
California's hardest granite gauntlet.
Canada
ExpertChurchill Road — Gillam to Churchill via Boreal Shield Backcountry
Subarctic muskeg. Polar bears. No bail-out.
Canada
ModerateBannock Point Petroform Road — Whiteshell Provincial Park Interior Circuit
Ancient granite and sacred stone on the Shield.
Canada
ModeratePembina Valley Provincial Park — Windygates Escarpment Road to Rock Glen Fossil Beds
Badlands fossils and clay that bites back.
Canada
DifficultManigotagan River Road — Nopiming Provincial Park West Gate to Berens River Highlands
Precambrian granite and boreal silence.
Canada
DifficultElbow Lake Road — Flin Flon to Elbow Lake Wilderness Circuit via Rocky Lake
Shield country, muskeg, and zero cell signal.