USA
ModerateNebo Loop Scenic Byway Backcountry — Payson to Nephi via Mount Nebo Summit Approach
Utah's highest summit, seen from dirt.
Feature: High Altitude
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Country
13,114 feet of San Juan shelf road.
USA
ModerateLasal Mountain Loop Road — Castle Valley to Moab via the La Sal High Country
Desert floor to alpine summit in one dirty loop.
USA
ModeratePaiute Trail — Tushar Mountains to Fish Lake Plateau via Fremont Indian Country
Fremont country. Tushar peaks. Fish Lake basin.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Taylor Park via the Collegiate Peaks Divide
12,126 feet of divide. No guardrails. No problem.
USA
ModerateYankee Meadows to Panguitch Lake — Markagunt Plateau High Road
Utah's quiet plateau road most drivers never find.
California
DifficultKellys Grade to Borrego Springs — Pinyon Ridge Desert Divide
3,000 feet of desert gravity on loose dirt.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Telluride via the Cimarron Range Back Door
Telluride's forgotten back-door pass.
USA
ModerateBattle Pass Road — Sierra Madre Divide Between Encampment and Baggs
Sierra Madre divide on a road nobody runs.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Poleta Canyon — White Mountain Desert Transition Bench
High bench, limestone canyon, zero crowds.