Colorado
ModeratePhantom Canyon Road — Cañon City to Victor via Eight Mile Creek Gorge
Railroad tunnels, gold rush ruins, one lane of glory.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Alaska
ModerateFlattop Mountain Road to Arctic Valley — Chugach Front Range High Divide via Ship Creek
Anchorage's alpine backdoor, no excuses.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Alpine via the Coronado Trail High Spine
460 curves. Zero shortcuts. Pure mountain.
USA
ModerateLamar River Trail Road — Northeast Yellowstone Backdoor via Pebble Creek and Soda Butte Valley
America's Serengeti from behind the wheel.
Oregon
ModerateCascade Lakes Highway Backcountry — Deschutes High Cascade Circuit via Bachelor Butte and Crane Prairie
Volcanic Oregon without the Crater Lake crowds.
Arizona
DifficultSawmill Road to Superstition Mountains Backdoor — Tonto National Forest Four Peaks Wilderness via Fish Creek Hill
Fish Creek cliff drop — Sonoran Desert at its most vertical.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Bald Mountain — Uinta High Uinta Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Mirror Lake
Top of Utah's east-west range.
Arizona
EasyGunsight Butte Road to Lee’s Ferry — Marble Canyon Rim to Colorado River via House Rock Valley
The only road to the top of the Grand Canyon's river.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Silverton via the Uncompahgre Wilderness Edge
San Juan solitude while everyone else rides 550.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.