Alaska
ModerateNellie Juan Road to Whittier Tunnel Backdoor — Chugach National Forest Passage Canal Circuit
Glaciers, tidewater, and one heck of a tunnel.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Montana
ModerateCoyote Corrals to Big Pryor Mountain — Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range High Road
Wild horses, limestone benches, no guardrails.
Nevada
ModerateNolan Creek to Amargosa Desert — Death Valley’s Nevada Back Door via Beatty Cutoff
Death Valley's back door — Nevada side, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Piceance to Cathedral Bluffs via Yellow Creek
Colorado's forgotten badlands don't forgive rain.
South Dakota
ModerateBlack Hills Backcountry Byway — Rochford to Mystic via Nemo Road and Boxelder Creek
Gold rush ghosts and granite canyons.
Idaho
ModerateKerr Creek Road to Lick Creek Summit — Payette National Forest High Divide Traverse
Payette's quiet ridge above McCall.
USA
ModerateTatman Mountain Road — Bighorn Basin Rim to Meeteetse via the Greybull River Benchlands
Bentonite badlands bench above the Greybull River.
USA
ModerateSugarloaf Mountain Road to Spruce Knob — Monongahela High Country Circuit via Gandy Creek
West Virginia's rooftop on forest roads.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico Plains — Cherokee National Forest High Road via Unicoi Mountains
Unicoi ridge run with a waterfall chaser.
California
ModerateNacimiento Road to Pozo — Los Padres Backcountry Spine via Cuyama Valley Divide
Cold beer at Pozo. Hard miles to earn it.