Growing up in Oregon, at a certain point I'd ridden all the roads what seemed like a million times, so my friends and I started seeking out gravel roads that were relatively smooth. We put together some epic rides on those, on our road bikes.

This was always one of my favorite climbs when going on rides from Padova:

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4724563,11.5982143,3a,75y,18...

A bit rough to go down, though.