California
ExpertWaucoba-Saline Valley Road South — Inyo Mountains to Saline Valley Floor via Steel Pass
Steel Pass down to warm springs in Death Valley's loneliest valley.
Surface: Sand
Texas
DifficultOphir Creek Road to Burro Mesa — Big Bend’s Painted Desert Basin via Glenn Spring
Pancho Villa's old raid country, wide open and brutal.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Petrified Forest Backcountry — Painted Desert Rim Road via Blue Mesa
Ancient logs and alien badlands, no pavement.
California
ModerateCoyote Wash to Squaw Tank — Joshua Tree Desert Backcountry Jeep Trail via Pinto Basin
Desert crawl to a Cahuilla waterhole.
USA
DifficultCoyote Hills to Comb Ridge — Abajo Mountains Desert Spine via Bears Ears Corridor
Jurassic spine, zero crowds, zero mercy.
Alaska
ExtremeLonesome Highway — Noatak River Valley to Aniuk Lowlands via Baird Mountains Foothills
Six million acres. No road in.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch Loop — Grand Staircase-Escalante Slickrock and Arch Circuit
Utah canyon country at its most raw.
USA
ExpertElephant Hill to Chesler Park — Needles District Canyon Country Loop
Canyonlands' hardest 4x4 loop, earned.
Nevada
ModerateNolan Creek to Amargosa Desert — Death Valley’s Nevada Back Door via Beatty Cutoff
Death Valley's back door — Nevada side, no crowds.
California
DifficultKellys Grade to Font’s Point — Anza-Borrego Badlands Overlook Road
Sand, badlands, and a view worth every stuck wheel.