Colorado
DifficultMedano Pass Primitive Road — Great Sand Dunes to Wet Mountain Valley
Sand, creek crossings, and a Sangre de Cristo crossing.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Colorado
ExtremeBlack Bear Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the Jaw-Dropper
Colorado's most notorious shelf road. One way down.
Colorado
ExpertImogene Pass Road — Ouray to Telluride via the High San Juans
13,114 feet of pure San Juan exposure.
California
ExpertInyo Mountains Wilderness Road — Cerro Gordo to Swansea via Saline Valley Overlook
Silver ghosts and shale shelves above Death Valley.
Oregon
DifficultOwyhee Uplands Backcountry — Jordan Valley to Rome via Three Forks of the Owyhee
Oregon's emptiest canyon — go prepared or don't go.
USA
DifficultSquaw Flat to Confluence Overlook — Needles District Canyon Country Bench Road
Slickrock and sand to where two rivers collide.
USA
DifficultMuddy Creek Canyon Road — San Rafael Swell Slot to Factory Butte via Muddy Creek
Slot canyon mud and badlands — earn every mile.
USA
DifficultCathedral Valley Loop — Capitol Reef’s Remote Northern Circuit
Monoliths, mud, and a river ford nobody warns you about.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat Road — Big Pine to Coyote Flat via Westgard Pass Divide
Owens Valley to alpine silence at 11,000 feet.
California
DifficultMendocino County’s Bloody Rock Road — Elk Mountain to High Valley via Snow Mountain Wilderness Edge
Coast Range backcountry with a name that fits.