Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Alpine Crossing
12,800 feet. Shelf road. No guardrails.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Alaska
ModerateHatcher Pass Road — Palmer to Willow via Independence Mine and Hatcher Pass Summit
Tundra summit, gold mines, no guardrails.
Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Oaxaca City to Hierve el Agua via the Sierra Juárez Highland Villages
Cloud forest, Zapotec villages, petrified falls.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Granite Hot Springs — Hoback Canyon and Granite Creek Backcountry via US-189 and Granite Creek Road
Hoback Canyon to a natural hot spring — earn the soak.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Cockscomb Basin to US-89 via Grosvenor Arch and the Paria River Benchlands
46 miles of colour, clay, and a hidden double arch.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Sur — Tres Lagos to Puerto Natales via the Patagonian Steppe and Torres del Paine Approach
Patagonia's wind will test everything you've got.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes South Access Road — Kanab to Wire Pass Trailhead via House Rock Valley
Lottery permit. Sandstone payoff. Worth it.
Zambia
ModerateTranszimbabwe Track — Harare to Chirundu via the Zambezi Escarpment and Makuti Ridge
Off the plateau and into raw Africa.
Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Spectacle Road — Springbok to Kamieskroon via Skilpad and the Granite Koppies
Eight weeks of fire-orange wildflowers. Don't miss it.
Australia
ModerateLarapinta Drive — Hermannsburg to Glen Helen via Namatjira Drive and the West MacDonnell Gorges
Ancient gorges, red rock, and real desert silence.