Colorado
ExtremeBlack Bear Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the Jaw-Dropper
Colorado's most notorious shelf road. One way down.
Feature: Scenic
Colorado
ExpertImogene Pass Road — Ouray to Telluride via the High San Juans
13,114 feet of pure San Juan exposure.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook to Iron Wash — San Rafael Swell West Rim Desert Circuit
Slot reef, Sinbad country, nobody else around.
Oregon
EasyLakeview to Glass Buttes — High Desert Obsidian Country Road
Obsidian hills, sage desert, and zero crowds.
California
ExpertInyo Mountains Wilderness Road — Cerro Gordo to Swansea via Saline Valley Overlook
Silver ghosts and shale shelves above Death Valley.
Oregon
DifficultOwyhee Uplands Backcountry — Jordan Valley to Rome via Three Forks of the Owyhee
Oregon's emptiest canyon — go prepared or don't go.
USA
ModerateChicken Creek Road to Boulder Mountain Summit — Dixie National Forest High Plateau
Utah's highest timber plateau — almost nobody's up here.
California
ModerateOnion Valley to Horseshoe Meadows — Eastern Sierra High Country Traverse
Sierra fault scarp, Alabama Hills, no crowds.
USA
DifficultSquaw Flat to Confluence Overlook — Needles District Canyon Country Bench Road
Slickrock and sand to where two rivers collide.
Oregon
EasyFort Rock Valley Road — Christmas Valley to Fort Rock State Natural Area via High Desert Basin
A volcano rising alone from Oregon's ancient lake bed.