Montana
ModerateCoyote Corrals to Big Pryor Mountain — Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range High Road
Wild horses, limestone benches, no guardrails.
Feature: Historic
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.
California
DifficultMineral King Road — Sequoia’s Switchback Gauntlet to the High Sierra Subalpine
Marmots eat brake lines. Bring spares.
South Dakota
ModerateBlack Hills Backcountry Byway — Rochford to Mystic via Nemo Road and Boxelder Creek
Gold rush ghosts and granite canyons.
Colorado
ExpertRed Cone Road to Webster Pass — South Park High Country Circuit via Handcart Gulch
Colorado's highest drivable summit. No room for mistakes.
California
ModerateNacimiento Road to Pozo — Los Padres Backcountry Spine via Cuyama Valley Divide
Cold beer at Pozo. Hard miles to earn it.
Alaska
ModerateArctic Circle Trail — Dalton Highway Finger Mountain to Coldfoot via Brooks Range Foothills
Arctic tundra. No cell. Two spare tires minimum.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Muddy Gap to Split Rock via the Sweetwater River Emigrant Road
Oregon Trail ruts, Devil's Gate, Split Rock. The real thing.
Tennessee
DifficultWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy — Big South Fork Rim Circuit via Station Camp Creek
Sandstone gorges and forgotten homesteads.