USA
DifficultCanyonlands Needles Overlook Road — Beef Basin to Ruin Park via Beef Basin Rim
Anasazi towers, zero crowds, real desert.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
USA
DifficultChicken Corners Road — Moab’s Dead-Drop Ledge Run Above the Confluence
Sandstone ledge road above the Colorado — zero margin.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Loop Road — San Juan Mountains Historic Mining Circuit via Ophir Pass and Silver Mountain
Shelf roads and silver ghosts above Telluride.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Red Well — Grand Staircase-Escalante South Desert Basin via Twentyfive Mile Wash
Kaiparowits sandstone with zero hand-holding.
USA
DifficultMuddy Creek Road — San Rafael Swell’s Hidden Gorge from Emery to Hanksville
Drive the creek or turn around. No other option.
Colorado
DifficultNokhu Crags to Lake Agnes — Colorado State Forest Never Summer Backcountry Drive
Glacial lake, volcanic crags, real rocks.
North Dakota
DifficultBloody Run Hills to Sully Creek — North Dakota Badlands Rim Road via Burning Coal Vein
Bentonite badlands and smoldering coal in forgotten ND.
Colorado
DifficultMedano Pass Primitive Road — Great Sand Dunes to Huerfano Valley via Sangre de Cristo Crossing
Sand, creek crossings, and a Sangre de Cristo summit.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Fairbanks to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range Arctic Corridor
414 miles to the Arctic Ocean. Bring extra spares.
Oregon
DifficultSawmill Road to Sunflower Flat — Owyhee Canyonlands Desert Rim via Battle Creek
Owyhee canyon rims — isolation by the mile.