USA
ModerateBeartooth Highway Backcountry — Index Peak to Clay Butte Overlook
Above timberline with grizzlies and zero guardrails.
Feature: Scenic
California
ModerateCinder Cone Volcanic Loop — Lassen Volcanic National Park Backcountry
Painted dunes and black cinder in volcanic solitude.
Arizona
ExpertTinajas Altas Pass Road — Cabeza Prieta Desert Crossing
The Devil's Highway. There's a reason for that name.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the Uncompahgre Plateau
Loose shale, 13,114 feet, zero margin.
Idaho
ExpertMagruder Corridor Road — Red River to Darby via the Selway-Bitterroot Divide
Wildest road in the lower 48. Full stop.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Toiyabe Crest to Big Smoky Valley via Arc Dome Wilderness
Nevada's forgotten spine, 10K feet of silence.
Colorado
DifficultWeminuche Wilderness Approach — Elk Creek to Piedra River via Missionary Ridge
Burned ridgelines and wild cutthroat water.
Colorado
DifficultMedano Pass Primitive Road — Great Sand Dunes to Wet Mountain Valley
Sand, creek crossings, and a Sangre de Cristo crossing.
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Sequoia National Park’s Switchback Gauntlet
698 curves into the Sierra's most remote valley.
USA
ModerateCoyote Buttes North — The Wave Permit Road
Lottery-gated slickrock in the Vermilion Cliffs.