Arizona
ModerateMount Graham Road — Pinaleno Mountains Sky Island Summit via Coronado National Forest
Five life zones, one road, ten thousand feet.
Surface: Gravel
Montana
DifficultDempsey Creek to Highline Ridge — Flathead National Forest Swan Range Traverse
Grizzly ridge above the Flathead Valley.
California
DifficultBrokeoff Divide to Feather River Canyon — Plumas National Forest High Divide Road
Sierra shelf road most Californians never find.
Arizona
ModerateBlack Mesa to Teec Nos Pos — Four Corners Plateau Road via Lukachukai Mountains
Navajo high country most overlanders miss entirely.
South Dakota
ModerateTatanka Trailhead to Reva Gap — Cave Hills Badlands Rim Road via Slim Buttes
Lakota battlefield country, cattle, and nobody else.
California
ModerateHazard Canyon to Montana de Oro Backcountry — Morro Bay to Islay Creek via Coastal Bench Road
Sea cliffs and creek crossings on California's wild coast.
California
DifficultWaucoba Road to Eureka Dunes — Owens Valley to Death Valley’s Tallest Sand Dunes via Saline Valley Approach
700 feet of singing sand at the end of a brutal desert road.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin Desert Floor to Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite via Sheep Mountain Road
Dino tracks and gumbo on Wyoming's open range.
USA
ModerateSan Rafael Swell Wedge Overlook and Mexican Mountain Road — Castle Valley to Sinbad Country Circuit
Utah's forgotten canyon country, wide open.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Escalante River Bench to Boulder Mountain via Hell’s Backbone Divide
Canyon bench driving above ancient Utah.