Guys thank you for the input.  Let's try a second iteration.  Which of the following could I BICYCLE to the backcountry from?  Any which would laughably NOT meet this criteria?

U of Montana (Missoula),
Virginia Tech,
Colorado State U (Fort Collins),
U of Washington (Seattle),
NAU in Flagstaff,
U of Oregon (Eugene),
Oregon State U (Corvallis),
Chico State or Humboldt State (Northern Cal),
Sacramento State or Fresno State or UC Merced (Central Cal),
U of Vermont,
U of Virginia,
James Madison University (VA),
Stanford,
UCLA