Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes North — The Wave Approach Road via Wire Pass Trailhead
Sandy wash road into lottery-permit canyon country.
Surface: Mixed
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn National Forest Battle Park Road to Hazelton via Red Wall Country and Dry Fork Ridge
Red walls, open sage, and zero other rigs.
California
ModerateJawbone to Dove Springs — El Paso Mountains Full Desert Traverse via Red Rock Canyon State Park Backdoor
Volcanic badlands, slot canyons, zero pavement.
USA
DifficultDoris Lake Road to Duck Creek — Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming Range Back Road via LaBarge Creek
More elk than overlanders in Wyoming's forgotten range.
California
ModerateLime Creek Road to Sweeney Pass — Cuyamaca Mountains Desert Divide via Laguna Mountains
San Diego's forgotten high-country desert divide.
North Carolina
ModerateOphir Creek Road to Mount Pisgah — Uwharrie National Forest Red Clay Ridge Circuit
Red clay that eats unprepared rigs for lunch.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Mountains Road to Amargosa Valley via Beatty Cutoff and Daylight Pass
Death Valley's back door through volcanic badlands.
Colorado
DifficultCrooked Creek Road to Mount Evans Backcountry — Arapaho National Forest High Country Traverse via Georgia Pass
Quiet Divide crossing above South Park's big sky.
California
ModerateCoyote Canyon Road — Anza-Borrego Desert Spring Run via Collins Valley
Desert creek crossings through Anza's old canyon.
Arizona
EasySitgreaves Pass Road — Oatman to Kingman via Black Mountains Historic Route 66 Spine
Route 66's meanest mountain crossing.