Backroads, Overlanding Routes and Reports
Overland Routes, Trails + Camping in the Western United States
Guides are in-depth looks at backcountry routes for your multiple-day journey; if you just want a day in the woods, scroll through to find Trips — shorter one-hour to two-hour drives from Denver.
Backroad outside of Idaho Springs, Colorado.
COLORADO GUIDE
The Centennial State offers limitless and untethered adventure, from breathtaking mountain passes to sweeping high desert plateaus.
With a state rich in Western history and proximity to world-class overlanding routes and countless miles of backroads to escape, you can understand why Bertha Overland makes Colorado home.
Colorado Trips
You're sick of hanging around, you'd like to travel. Checkout some of these short, one hour to two hour day trips from Denver
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Canyonlands National Park. Moab, utah — White Rim Trail, 4x4 and offroad trail.
Utah Guide
Named after the Ute Native American tribe, or “people of the mountains,” reflects just that. Topped with snow capped mountains to the north and sweeping red deserts to the south you’re surrounded by nature at every turn.
White Rim Road — 72 - 100 miles, 2 to 4 days
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
The only sound is the rush of wind and the ice shifting in your filled-to-the-brim cooler, overflowing with food, water, and provisions (snacks) to last three days. Dropping off the mesa and into the White Rim backcountry is a steep and sharp warning that Southern Utah is a rough and rugged land; tread lightly.
The White Rim Road, more often referred to and accurately described, the White Rim Trail, is a 72-mile traverse across the expansive White Rim sandstone plateau. National Park signs warning travelers of the extreme terrain ahead often outnumber travelers.
