Idaho
DifficultBunker Hill to Strawberry Creek — Hells Canyon Wilderness Rim via Imnaha Gorge
Basalt rim above North America's deepest gorge.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Arizona
DifficultCentennial Wash Road to Harquahala Peak — Hassayampa Desert Basin High Traverse
Smithsonian ruins at 5,681 feet above the Sonoran floor.
Oregon
DifficultSawmill Road to Cornucopia Ghost Town — Wallowa Mountains Mining Spine via Pine Creek Canyon
Oregon's ghost town the canyon wants to keep.
Montana
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Range Divide Road to Elk Lake via Red Rock Pass
Grizzly country on the Continental Divide.
Colorado
DifficultTincup Pass Road — St. Elmo to Tincup via the Sawatch-Elk Range Divide
Two ghost towns, one brutal alpine divide.
Texas
DifficultOphir Creek Road to Burro Mesa — Big Bend’s Painted Desert Basin via Glenn Spring
Pancho Villa's old raid country, wide open and brutal.
California
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley to White Mountain Peak via Barcroft Road
Highest drivable road in the lower 48.
Colorado
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Idarado Mine — Uncompahgre Gorge Rim to Red Mountain Pass Backdoor
Mining ruins and shelf roads above Ouray's box canyon.
USA
DifficultCoyote Hills to Comb Ridge — Abajo Mountains Desert Spine via Bears Ears Corridor
Jurassic spine, zero crowds, zero mercy.
USA
DifficultThorofare Road — Yellowstone’s Most Remote Backcountry Drive via Two Ocean Plateau
Most remote road in the lower 48.