An OpenStreetMap-based routing engine would've given you the same directions. At least the graphhopper one <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_car&route=38.5738%2C-109.5462%3B38.8221%2C-108.5963" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_...</a><p>Let's have a look<p>OpenStreetMap has both roads as highway=tertiary, surface=dirt <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/364758018" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/364758018</a> <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/364758017" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/364758017</a><p>Surface=dirt has this fitting example photo in the documentation <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Transportation_in_Tanzania_Traffic_problems.JPG" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Transportation_in_T...</a> (linked on <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface</a>)<p>I'd argue it should be highway=track <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack</a> with possible smoothness=bad <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness</a> but it's always tricky depending on country.
You may remember this thread from a few months back where we all traded stories of dangerous directions on Google Maps[0].<p>Despite having the terrifying experience of driving my motorcycle into the jungles of Indonesia, I managed to *make the same mistake again* much closer to home, driving from Utah to Colorado.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25576799" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25576799</a>