Maps never tell the whole story. Even the best of them. In the end, there's simply no substitute for experience - the reason Dirt Road Adventures was conceived in the first place. Here, just for a lark, are some of the pitfalls our scouts have encountered.
San Benito County, California
This trip was meant to be a safe, easy, beginning-level adventure over the Diablo Mountain Range - a quick getaway from the SF Bay Area. But a sign posted at our jumping-off point, "Hazardous Asbestos Area" put an end to that immediately. Trip over. We would never send our friends into such an area. Curiosity, however, got the best of us. So, finally, we came up the back side to find out what this was all about.