California
DifficultMendocino National Forest Bloody Rock Road — Lake Pillsbury to Covelo via Hull Mountain
Ridgeline history and rugged solitude in the Coast Range.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
USA
ExtremeElephant Hill Trail — Needles District Canyonlands Slickrock Circuit
Canyonlands slickrock at its most unforgiving.
California
ExpertLippincott Road — Racetrack Playa to Saline Valley Floor
Death Valley's loose shale descent to nowhere.
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.
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.
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.