Alaska
ModerateGold Creek Road to Hatcher Pass Summit — Talkeetna Mountains Alaska Subalpine Spine
Alaska high country above the treeline.
Feature: Historic
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Cottonwood Circuit via Skutumpah Road
Clay, canyons, and zero margin for rain.
USA
ModerateDalton Well Road to Tower Ruin — Moab’s Canyon Country Desert Mesa via Sevenmile Canyon
Hidden ruins and rim views north of Moab.
South Dakota
ModerateCactus Flat to Big Horn Mountains Summit — Badlands Interior Road via Sage Creek Wilderness
Bison, bentonite, and no signal whatsoever.
USA
ExpertCoyote Gulch to Rainbow Bridge — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Navajo Mountain Road
The back door to the world's biggest arch.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Ocoee Gorge — Cherokee National Forest Copper Basin Back Road via Turtletown Creek
Red hills, copper ghosts, and a wild Tennessee gorge.
Arizona
DifficultCinder Hills Overlook Road to Painted Desert Rim — Petrified Forest North Backcountry via Blue Mesa Loop
225 million years of geology under your tires.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Mountains to Swansea Ruins — Bill Williams River Desert Bench via Planet Ranch Road
Copper ghosts and desert silence in western AZ.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Wolverine Petrified Wood Area — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Horse Canyon
Petrified logs on a clay bench nobody visits.
Colorado
EasyRimrock Drive — Colorado National Monument’s Canyon Rim Road via Cold Shivers Point
Canyon rim above the Grand Valley — sheer drops included.