Colorado
ExpertRed Cone Road to Webster Pass — South Park High Country Circuit via Handcart Gulch
Colorado's highest drivable summit. No room for mistakes.
Surface: Mixed
Oregon
ModerateMalheur River Road — Drewsey to Beulah Reservoir via the Malheur Canyon Desert Gorge
Oregon's forgotten basalt gorge. No crowd. No service.
Tennessee
DifficultWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy — Big South Fork Rim Circuit via Station Camp Creek
Sandstone gorges and forgotten homesteads.
USA
DifficultPoison Strip Road — Book Cliffs Desert Floor to Westwater Canyon Rim via Rabbit Valley
Book Cliffs base to Westwater's edge.
Idaho
DifficultPhantom Lake Road to Hancock Summit — Owyhee Plateau Desert Spine via Jordan Creek
Owyhee plateau — big, silent, unforgiving.
California
ModerateBorrego Mountain Wash to Arroyo Salado — Anza-Borrego Badlands Desert Circuit via Seventeen Palms
Badlands, palms, and painted clay at the edge.
Arkansas
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Caney Creek Wilderness via Rich Mountain Fire Tower
Ouachita ridge road with a fire tower payoff.
California
DifficultCoso Range Road — China Lake to Coso Hot Springs via Wild Horse Mesa
Volcanic range, 100,000 petroglyphs, zero shade.
Colorado
DifficultSlumgullion Pass to Lake San Cristobal — Lake City High Country Desert Circuit
Landslide lake, shelf road, Packer country.
Alaska
EasyLonesome Highway — Seward Highway to Hope via Turnagain Arm Backdoor
Gold rush ghosts and sockeye on Turnagain Arm.