Colorado
ModeratePhantom Canyon Road — Gold Belt Tour from Cañon City to Cripple Creek
Railroad tunnels, gold history, tight canyon walls.
Feature: Historic
Montana
ModerateCuster to Dryhead Overlook — Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range Road
Wild horses and a 2,000-foot canyon drop.
Arizona
ModerateHurricane Cliffs to Toroweap Overlook — Uinkaret Plateau Rim Road
3,000 feet straight down. No guardrails.
California
DifficultKellys Grade to Borrego Palm Canyon — Santa Rosa Mountains Desert Divide
Limestone shelf road into palm canyon country.
Colorado
ModerateNathrop to St. Elmo — Chalk Creek Canyon and Tincup Pass Road
Ghost town to 12,154 ft in one run.
Texas
DifficultCorkscrew Road — Big Bend’s River Road East to Ernst Tinaja
Chihuahuan Desert with no mercy.
Colorado
ModerateWagonwheel Gap to Creede — Rio Grande Headwaters Mining Road
Silver country canyon Colorado forgot to advertise.
California
DifficultCoyote Canyon Road — Anza-Borrego Desert Palm Oasis to Alcoholic Pass
De Anza's canyon, still wild and unforgiving.
Alabama
ModeratePinhoti Trail Road — Talladega National Forest Backcountry
Southern Appalachian dirt the crowds skip.
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Summit to Big Sur Coastal Divide
Coast Range to Big Sur. No easy way through.