Oregon
EasyAlvord Desert Playa to Fields Station — Steens Mountain East Escarpment Base
A mile-high fault wall and an alkali desert floor.
Difficulty: Easy
Level 1
Oregon
EasyAlkali Flat Road — Summer Lake Basin to Christmas Valley via Silver Lake Desert Floor
Sixty miles of alkali silence in Oregon's outback.
Oregon
EasyCascade-Lakes Highway Backcountry Spur — Waldo Lake to Willamette Pass via USFS Road 5897
Crystal lake, pumice flats, and old-growth Cascades solitude.
Oregon
EasyAshland Mountain to Dead Indian Memorial Road — Cascade-Siskiyou High Road Traverse
Three mountain systems collide on one road.
USA
EasyHart’s Draw Road — Monticello to Canyonlands Needles Overlook via Hatch Point
Quiet canyon rim country above the Needles District.
California
EasyBodie Ghost Town Road — US-395 to Bodie State Historic Park
Ghost town at 8,375 feet — earn the dust.
Canada
EasyProvincial Road 278 — Dauphin Lake to Gilbert Plains via Parkland Upland Backroads
Parkland sky country — big views, zero crowds.
Canada
EasyProvincial Road 382 — Ashern to Waterhen via Interlake Prairie Backroads
Flat, wild, and wetter than it looks.
Canada
EasyProvincial Road 376 — Gypsumville to Dawson Bay via Lake Winnipegosis East Shore
The lake nobody knows, the road nobody drives.
Canada
EasyProvincial Road 579 — Dauphin to Childs Lake via Duck Mountain East Boundary
Duck Mountain's quiet east side, sand and all.