California
ModerateTrans-Catalina Trail Road — Big Bear Lake to Baldwin Lake via Gold Mountain
Mining ridgeline above Big Bear nobody talks about.
Surface: Rock
USA
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Chicken Corner — Moab’s Canyon Edge Run Above the Colorado
A cliff-edge shelf run with zero margin above the Colorado.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Ouray to Silverton via the San Juan High Crossing
Talus, tundra, and a 11,789-ft San Juan crossing.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Crown King — Bradshaw Mountains Mining Spine via Senator Highway
Arizona mining history — the hard way up.
USA
ModerateGunsight Pass Road — Wind River Range Wilderness Edge via Big Sandy Desert
Wyoming granite, sagebrush, and silence.
California
DifficultRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Playa via Hunter Mountain
Rocks that move. Silence that doesn't.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Divide Road to South Fork Payette via Deadwood Ridge
Idaho granite ridges most overlanders never find.
California
ModerateJawbone to Red Rock Canyon — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine via Last Chance Canyon
Slot canyon colors on forgotten Mojave BLM dirt.
Colorado
DifficultYankee Hill Road — Black Hawk to Nederland via the Gilpin County Mining Divide
Gold country shelf road above 10,000 feet.