USA
DifficultCanyonlands Needles Overlook Road — Beef Basin to Ruin Park via Beef Basin Rim
Anasazi towers, zero crowds, real desert.
Feature: Scenic
USA
DifficultChicken Corners Road — Moab’s Dead-Drop Ledge Run Above the Confluence
Sandstone ledge road above the Colorado — zero margin.
Arizona
ModerateNacimiento Mine Road to Hualapai Mountain Park — Mojave Desert High Country Climb via Boriana Canyon
Mojave desert floor to pine forest in one canyon climb.
Montana
ModerateBoldy Road to Beartooth Basin — Stillwater River Canyon to Fishtail via Woodbine Campground
River canyon road to Montana's hidden natural arch.
USA
ModerateForest Road 23 — Gifford Pinchot Volcanic Backcountry from Randle to Trout Lake via Cispus Divide
Volcanic country and old-growth between two giants.
South Dakota
ModerateHarney Peak Road to Black Elk Peak — Black Hills High Country Circuit via Sylvan Lake Approach
Granite spires and lookout towers above the Black Hills.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Loop Road — San Juan Mountains Historic Mining Circuit via Ophir Pass and Silver Mountain
Shelf roads and silver ghosts above Telluride.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Haynes Ridge — Bighorn National Forest Cloud Peak Wilderness Edge via Tensleep Creek
The Bighorns from the top, not the highway.
Oklahoma
ModerateForest Road 65 — Ouachita National Forest Talimena Backcountry Loop via Potato Hills and Holson Valley
Oklahoma's forgotten backcountry. Zero excuses not to go.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Red Well — Grand Staircase-Escalante South Desert Basin via Twentyfive Mile Wash
Kaiparowits sandstone with zero hand-holding.