USA
DifficultNebo Loop to Salt Creek Canyon — Fishlake Plateau Desert Bench via Yuba River Divide
Wasatch summit to canyon desert floor.
Surface: Dirt
Idaho
ModerateKerr Creek Road to Lick Creek Summit — Payette National Forest High Divide Traverse
Payette's quiet ridge above McCall.
USA
ModerateTatman Mountain Road — Bighorn Basin Rim to Meeteetse via the Greybull River Benchlands
Bentonite badlands bench above the Greybull River.
USA
ModerateSugarloaf Mountain Road to Spruce Knob — Monongahela High Country Circuit via Gandy Creek
West Virginia's rooftop on forest roads.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico Plains — Cherokee National Forest High Road via Unicoi Mountains
Unicoi ridge run with a waterfall chaser.
Colorado
ExpertRed Cone Road to Webster Pass — South Park High Country Circuit via Handcart Gulch
Colorado's highest drivable summit. No room for mistakes.
California
ModerateNacimiento Road to Pozo — Los Padres Backcountry Spine via Cuyama Valley Divide
Cold beer at Pozo. Hard miles to earn it.
Alaska
ModerateArctic Circle Trail — Dalton Highway Finger Mountain to Coldfoot via Brooks Range Foothills
Arctic tundra. No cell. Two spare tires minimum.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Muddy Gap to Split Rock via the Sweetwater River Emigrant Road
Oregon Trail ruts, Devil's Gate, Split Rock. The real thing.
Oregon
ModerateMalheur River Road — Drewsey to Beulah Reservoir via the Malheur Canyon Desert Gorge
Oregon's forgotten basalt gorge. No crowd. No service.