Colorado
DifficultWeminuche Wilderness Trailhead Road — Vallecito Creek to Emerald Lake via Pine River Canyon
Canyon crossings into Colorado's biggest wild.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Country
13,114 feet of San Juan shelf road.
Texas
DifficultBlack Gap Road — Big Bend Backcountry East to Rio Grande Village via Heath Canyon
Texas wilderness road to the edge of the Rio Grande.
USA
DifficultComb Wash to Arch Canyon — Cedar Mesa Tributary Canyon Rim Run
Ruins, sandstone, and solitude in Bears Ears.
Arizona
DifficultCreosote Canyon to Painted Rock — Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Desert Interior Loop
Volcanic fangs and Arizona's only native palms.
California
DifficultKellys Grade to Borrego Springs — Pinyon Ridge Desert Divide
3,000 feet of desert gravity on loose dirt.
Idaho
DifficultLonesome Highway — Jarbidge Wilderness to Bruneau Canyon via the Owyhee Plateau Divide
Last stagecoach robbery country. Still no one around.
Arizona
DifficultBradshaw Road to Crown King
Mining road to a mile-high Arizona saloon.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Poleta Canyon — White Mountain Desert Transition Bench
High bench, limestone canyon, zero crowds.
Montana
DifficultPTarmigan Tunnel Road — Many Glacier to Belly River via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Glacier's forgotten back door into Belly River.