Alaska
ModerateWhite Pass and Yukon Route Road — Skagway to Carcross via White Pass Summit
Gold Rush ghosts on a 3,300-ft summit road.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Nevada
ModerateNevada BDR Northern Segment — Wells to Jarbidge via the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Wilderness Fringe
Great Basin backcountry — Jarbidge or nowhere.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Highway — Red Lodge to Cooke City via the Beartooth Plateau (Classic Full Traverse)
The most beautiful road in America. Earned.
Colorado
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Telluride to Moab via Paradox Valley and La Sal Mountain Backdoor (Colorado–Utah Desert Connector)
San Juans to canyon country. No pavement needed.
Morocco
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Mitchell Falls Spur and Bell Gorge Entry, Complete Run)
Kasbahs, passes, and canyon walls — Morocco's backbone.
Idaho
ModerateGold Basin to Hailey via the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway and Copper Basin High Desert (Idaho Classic South-to-North Run)
Idaho's open-sky volcanic basin, earned not gifted.
Morocco
ModeratePiste de la Vallée du Draa — Zagora to M’Hamid el Ghizlane via the Draa River Palmeries and Erg Chegaga Gateway
Last oasis before the Sahara swallows you whole.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Soda Dry Lake to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Rainstorm Mine (Classic Interior Segment)
Desert history driven, not read about.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway — Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Spine
135 miles of tundra, Denali on the horizon.
Møre og Romsdal
ModerateTrollstigen — Åndalsnes to Valldal via the Troll’s Ladder Mountain Road
Eleven hairpins above a waterfall. Norway's best.