USA
ModerateEscalante Hole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slickrock Corridor
Mormon pioneer slickrock — 1879 grit, still no easy way.
Overlanding Trails in USA
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California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry High Valley
Marmots will eat your truck. Park anyway.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Steamboat Springs to Walden via Seedhouse Road and Parkview Mountain
North Park big sky via the Zirkel back door.
Colorado
DifficultSlumgullion Pass to Silverton — Alpine Loop High Spine via Cinnamon and Engineer Passes
Two 12,000-foot passes. Ghost towns. Real exposure.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Highway — Red Lodge to Cooke City via the Montana–Wyoming High Plateau
11,000 ft of open tundra, switchbacks, and zero mercy.
Idaho
DifficultGrave Creek to Magruder Corridor — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Divide via Paradise Guard Station
100 miles of wilderness road. No way out but through.
Alaska
ModerateChilkoot Pass Road — Skagway to the Yukon Interior via the White Pass Summit Approach
Dead horses, gold fever, and the longest switchback in history.
Montana
ModerateMojave Road — Deception Valley Central Kalahari Desert Track via Matswere Gate and Sunday Pan
Nineteen switchbacks to the roof of the Rockies.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hector to Wytheville via the New River Valley Backbone
Old mountains, older river, zero pavement.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Valley via Government Holes and Lanfair Road Junction
America's oldest desert highway — still wild, still real.