Montana
ModerateBeartooth Pass North Slope Road — Red Lodge to Cooke City via Gardner Lake Spur and Line Creek Plateau
Above the Beartooth pavement where the tundra takes over.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
California
ModerateBrokeoff Mountain Road — Lassen Volcanic National Park Backcountry Approach via Mill Creek Summit
Volcanic weirdness on Lassen's forgotten south side.
USA
ModerateJones Hole Road to Diamond Mountain — Dinosaur Country Backcountry Circuit via Island Park
Canyon rim, Fremont rock art, Green River below.
California
ModerateCoyote Dry Lake Playa Road — Lucerne Valley to Coyote Dry Lake via Rodman Mountains
Petroglyphs, basalt, and a ghost-white playa.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin to Cloud Peak via Shell Canyon Road and Medicine Wheel
Sacred plateau, limestone gorge, Wyoming sky.
Texas
ModeratePalo Duro Canyon Rim Road — Canyon to Fortress Cliff via Prairie Dog Town Fork
Texas's secret canyon country on dirt.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Yaak River Valley to Sylvanite via Cabinet Mountains Backcountry
Montana's forgotten northwest wilderness corridor.
Australia
ModerateEngineers Road — Maydena to Strathgordon via the Gordon River Road Interior
World Heritage wilderness to the edge of the Gordon Dam.
Australia
ModeratePieman Road — Zeehan to Corinna via the Pieman River Rainforest Corridor
Rainforest mud and a river ferry at the end.
Australia
ModerateWielangta Forest Road — Orford to Wielangta via East Coast Forestry Plateau
Tall timber and ridge views above the east coast.