USA
ModeratePaiute Trail — Fish Lake Plateau to Beaver via Tushar Mountains High Route
Utah's high-plateau backbone route.
Surface: Gravel
Colorado
ModeratePhantom Canyon Road — Cañon City to Victor via the Shelf Road Spine and Eight Mile Creek Gorge
Railroad grade turned canyon shelf road.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Fortymile Ridge — Notom Road Desert Bench via Strike Valley Overlook
Capitol Reef's forgotten eastern bench.
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Highway 1 via Santa Lucia Wilderness Edge
Desert range to Big Sur coast in 24 miles.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Owens Peak Wilderness Desert Spine to Ridgecrest via Nine Mile Canyon Road
Granite ramps and desert floor — no crowds, no pavement.
New Mexico
ModerateSawmill Road to Cloudcroft High Country — Lincoln National Forest Sacramento Mountains Crest
Pine forest and limestone crest above the desert.
California
EasyCrowley Lake Road to Benton Crossing — Long Valley Caldera Desert Basin Traverse
Volcanic basin drive most Mammoth visitors never find.
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.
New Mexico
ModerateSawmill Road to Baldy Mesa — Lincoln National Forest High Country Approach via Nogal Canyon
Desert to sky island in one canyon climb.
Texas
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Locke — Davis Mountains High Desert Observatory Approach via Limpia Creek
Texas sky island — dark skies, thin air, wide open.