Alaska
ModerateNena Creek to Skagway — Klondike Highway Backcountry via White Pass Summit
Gold Rush ghosts and an alpine border at 3,300 ft.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Walden to Steamboat Springs via Zirkel Wilderness Edge and Hahns Peak
North Park wide-open on the BDR's quiet end.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Lanfair Valley and Fort Piute
An 1867 Army fort and a living spring, earned in sand.
New Mexico
ModerateTurquoise Trail — Tijeras to Taos via the Sandia Mountains and High Road
Ghost towns, pueblo missions, and high desert light.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon
Army camels, lava fields, 140 miles of honest desert.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Sost — Karakoram Highway Pakistan Summit Descent via Shimshal Valley Junction
The roof of the Karakoram — drive it or dream it.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Highway Baja 1000 Corridor — El Rosario to Guerrero Negro via the Baja Desert Interior
Where the Baja 1000 was born. No shortcuts.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Northern Segment — Fredonia to Kanab via the Arizona Strip and House Rock Valley
Grand Canyon's back porch. No guardrails.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Damascus via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Southern Appalachian ridge roads most people never find.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Southern Segment — Chama to Silverton via the San Juan Mountains High Spine
San Juan high country at its rawest.