California
ExpertInyo Mountains Wilderness Road — Cerro Gordo to Swansea via Saline Valley Overlook
Silver ghosts and shale shelves above Death Valley.
Feature: High Altitude
USA
ModerateChicken Creek Road to Boulder Mountain Summit — Dixie National Forest High Plateau
Utah's highest timber plateau — almost nobody's up here.
USA
DifficultSquaw Flat to Confluence Overlook — Needles District Canyon Country Bench Road
Slickrock and sand to where two rivers collide.
Oregon
ModerateLakeview to Quartz Mountain — Fremont-Winema High Lake Country Connector
High ponderosa lake country above Oregon's driest city.
California
ModerateChimney Peak Backcountry Byway — Canebrake Road to Chimney Peak via Lamont Peak Divide
Southern Sierra desert ridge with zero crowds.
California
ModerateBunny Flat to Sand Flat — Mount Shasta Volcanic Rim Road
Shasta's flanks, pumice, and zero mercy.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat Road — Big Pine to Coyote Flat via Westgard Pass Divide
Owens Valley to alpine silence at 11,000 feet.
California
ModerateVolcanic Legacy Scenic Byway Backcountry — Medicine Lake Highlands to Lava Beds
Alien lava country north of Shasta.
USA
DifficultChicken Creek Canyon to Pine Valley — Tushar Mountains High Road
Utah's forgotten alpine spine above 12,000 feet.
USA
ModerateSoldier Creek Road — Fishlake National Forest High Plateau to Richfield via Tushar Mountains
Utah's forgotten alpine — Tushar Mountains high and wide.