The High Road

thumb|500px|left''Great! The CEO has been defeated! Now you must keep going right, but carefully: this level is Road to Nowhere: hard, very hard version!'' -Level description

The High Road is a level in the original Crash Bandicoot. It has slippery platforms and platforms that break. There are many turtles which can be knocked over so Crash can bounce further.

Trivia

 * This level's name is a reference to the Roxy Music EP of the same name, released in 1983. Like the EP, this level is annoying. Coincidentally, JoJo released a studio album of the same name in 2006; one can assume that she was inspired to do so by this level's legendary difficulty. This level also has an unknown relationship to the The Drew Carey Show episode "The High Road to China" - given his alcoholism, it is possible that Carey simply misinterpreted the game's whimsical setting.
 * Alternately, seeing this level's odd, smoky, hazy appearance, one could gather that it is also a reference to the state of being high, on smoking marijuana. Coincidentally, this is the only way some fans can force themselves to sit through this first game in the series today.
 * In the background of the level, Cortex Castle is visible in the same size as in the level Road to Nowhere. However, The High Road is located on the third, Cortex's Island and Road to Nowhere on the second island. It should be smaller in Road to Nowhere.
 * While this level starts out cheery enough, with a string of cute turtle-based enemies, as the stage goes on, Crash encounters only abandoned shells, the inhabiting turtles of which appear to have died and rotted out of years ago. Many fans theorize that this was Naughty Dog's attempt to send a bold message to other game developers around the world that turtle enemies - such as Nintendo's famous Shellcreepers - are outdated, and it's time for the industry to move on. As of Crash Bandicoot 2, Naughty Dog did not listen to their own advice, much to the massive relief of these same fans.