Colorado
ModerateBackcountry Byway — Owl Creek Pass to Cimarron via the Uncompahgre High Basin
The San Juan pass the Skyway crowd misses.
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Overlanding Trails in Colorado
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Colorado
ModeratePhantom Canyon Road — Cañon City to Victor via the Shelf Road Spine and Eight Mile Creek Gorge
Railroad grade turned canyon shelf road.
Colorado
ModerateConundrum Creek Road to Conundrum Hot Springs — Elk Mountains High Approach via Castle Creek
Aspen's back door to 14er country and hot springs.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Ouray to Telluride via the San Juan High Crossing
13,114 feet of San Juan air and loose shelf road.
Colorado
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Range Rim to Island Park via Targhee National Forest Back Road
Kremmling to Steamboat the way Colorado intended.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Loop Road — San Juan Mountains Historic Mining Circuit via Ophir Pass and Silver Mountain
Shelf roads and silver ghosts above Telluride.
Colorado
DifficultNokhu Crags to Lake Agnes — Colorado State Forest Never Summer Backcountry Drive
Glacial lake, volcanic crags, real rocks.
Colorado
DifficultMedano Pass Primitive Road — Great Sand Dunes to Huerfano Valley via Sangre de Cristo Crossing
Sand, creek crossings, and a Sangre de Cristo summit.
Colorado
ExpertBlack Bear Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Loop
The switchbacks above Telluride eat rigs for breakfast.
Colorado
ModerateLime Creek Road — San Juan Mountains Descent from Coal Bank Pass to Durango
San Juan shelf road without the Alpine Loop crowds.