USA
DifficultDoris Lake Road to Duck Creek — Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming Range Back Road via LaBarge Creek
More elk than overlanders in Wyoming's forgotten range.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Colorado
DifficultCrooked Creek Road to Mount Evans Backcountry — Arapaho National Forest High Country Traverse via Georgia Pass
Quiet Divide crossing above South Park's big sky.
Montana
DifficultLonesome Highway — Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range to Crooked Creek via Bighorn River Benchlands
Wild mustangs, limestone canyons, and zero crowds.
Arizona
DifficultGold Basin Road to Sugarloaf Mountain — Tonto National Forest Mazatzal Wilderness Edge
Mazatzal basalt and zero guardrails.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Death Hollow — Escalante River Wilderness Canyon Circuit via Hurricane Wash
Slot canyons, arches, and zero cell service.
Montana
DifficultLonesome Highway — Beartooth Plateau North Slope to Clarks Fork Canyon via Line Creek Road
Off the Beartooth and into the deep canyon country.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Kelso Depot via Soda Mountains and Government Holes
Oldest road across the Mojave Desert.
Texas
DifficultLonesome Highway — Big Bend Ranch State Park River Road to Sauceda via Fresno Canyon
The raw Chihuahuan Desert on its own terms.
Idaho
DifficultHells Canyon Rim Road — Pittsburg Landing to Imnaha
Deepest canyon on the continent. You earn this one.
Colorado
DifficultAlpine Loop — Animas Forks to Engineer Pass via the San Juan High Country
Four passes, three ghost towns, one brutal San Juan circuit.