Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
South Carolina
ModerateDeerfield Road to Jocassee Gorges — Sumter National Forest High Divide via Horsepasture River Bench
Blue Ridge gorge country you earn on dirt.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sandhills Cattle Drive Road to Thedford via the Dismal River Valley Back Road
Empty dunes, cold river, no signal — Nebraska raw.
Texas
ModerateCaprock Canyons Trailway Road — Quitaque to Turkey via the Llano Estacado Escarpment Edge
Red canyon walls and wild bison in forgotten Texas.
USA
ModerateSunset Road to Promontory Point — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Desert Causeway via Golden Spike Backcountry
Where the railroad ended and the lake begins.
Oregon
ModerateTable Rock Road to Whitehorse Creek — Owyhee Uplands Desert Rim via Crowley Road
Oregon's emptiest corner — sage, rimrock, and wild horses.
Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Bear Camp — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Galice Ridge
The ridge road that earned its reputation the hard way.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Hewitt Station
Ghost ranch country baking in the Arizona desert.
Colorado
ModerateRimrocker Trail
Moab to Montrose — real cross-country overlanding.