New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Pecos Wilderness Divide to Mora via Gascon Point and Rociada (New Mexico)
Sangre de Cristo foothills above New Mexico's oldest valley.
Surface: Mixed
Idaho
DifficultNellie Lake Road to Lick Creek Summit — Salmon River Mountains High Divide (Idaho)
Frank Church backcountry with creek crossings and no backup plan.
Alaska
ModerateDempster Highway South — Klondike Divide to Eagle Plains via the Ogilvie Mountains
Tundra, shale, and zero cell bars north.
USA
ModerateZion Plateau Road to Kolob Terrace — Red Butte and Lava Point Backcountry Drive
Zion from above — no crowds, all payoff.
USA
ExpertElephant Hill to Chesler Park — Needles District Canyon Country Loop
Canyonlands' hardest 4x4 loop, earned.
Alaska
ModerateNellie Juan Road to Whittier Tunnel Backdoor — Chugach National Forest Passage Canal Circuit
Glaciers, tidewater, and one heck of a tunnel.
Nevada
ModerateNolan Creek to Amargosa Desert — Death Valley’s Nevada Back Door via Beatty Cutoff
Death Valley's back door — Nevada side, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Piceance to Cathedral Bluffs via Yellow Creek
Colorado's forgotten badlands don't forgive rain.
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.