USA
ExpertCanyonlands Elephant Hill Jeep Road
Utah's most notorious slickrock gauntlet.
Feature: Historic
Colorado
DifficultAlpine Loop — Animas Forks to Engineer Pass via the San Juan High Country
Four passes, three ghost towns, one brutal San Juan circuit.
Alaska
ModerateWrangell Mountains Loop — McCarthy Road to Kennecott via Chitina and the Copper River Corridor
Railroad spikes and copper ghosts in the Wrangells.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Grand Staircase-Escalante Badlands Spine via Grosvenor Arch
The Cockscomb badlands on dirt and clay.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ouachita Mountains Talimena Scenic Drive via Rich Mountain and Black Fork
Ridge-running hardwoods and forgotten red-clay spurs.
USA
DifficultComb Wash to Grand Gulch — Cedar Mesa Plateau Rim via Kane Gulch Trailhead
Ruins, slickrock, and a canyon full of ghosts.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Niobrara River Valley to Pine Ridge via Soldier Creek Road
Nebraska canyon country hiding in plain sight.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Muley Twist Canyon — Capitol Reef South Desert Circuit via Strike Valley
Strike Valley walls and Burr Trail switchbacks.
Tennessee
DifficultBreaks of the Cumberland — Big South Fork Rim Road via Station Camp Ford and No Business Creek
Appalachian gorge ford country — remote and unforgiving.
Montana
DifficultGates of the Mountains Road to Meriwether Canyon — Helena National Forest Missouri River Backcountry via Mann Gulch
Lewis and Clark country — above the limestone gate.