USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Cottonwood Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Spine via Skutumpah Road and Willis Creek
Clay badlands and slot canyons on Utah's lonesome bench.
Feature: Historic
Nebraska
ModerateNiobrara River Valley to Fort Robinson — Pine Ridge Escarpment Back Road via Soldier Creek Canyon
Pine Ridge canyon rims, frontier ghosts, and big Nebraska sky.
New Mexico
DifficultForest Road 267 to Sunlight Peak — Gila National Forest Mogollon Mountains High Circuit via Sandy Creek
Mogollon high country — deep, rough, and worth every mile.
Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench and Harpers Corner
Canyon drama, wet clay, and a river confluence.
Colorado
ModeratePawnee Pass Road to Rawah Wilderness — Medicine Bow High Desert Edge via Browns Park
Outlaw country. No law, no service, no problem.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (West Segment)
140 miles of desert history, no shortcuts.
Colorado
ModeratePhantom Canyon Road — Cañon City to Victor via Eight Mile Creek Gorge
Railroad tunnels, gold rush ruins, one lane of glory.
California
ModerateMojave Road West — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Mojave Desert Historic Trail
The original highway across the Mojave. Sand, lava, river.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Battle Park and Hazelton Road (North Slope)
Battle Park to canyon rim — no crowds, no pavement.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes (Historic Desert Crossing)
138 miles of desert history, no guardrails.