Arizona
ModerateWentworth Road to Malpais Spring — Tonto National Forest Mogollon Rim Desert Bench via Young Highway
Arizona's loneliest rim country run.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Wilderness Peak — Gifford Pinchot High Country via Lewis River Divide
Three volcanoes in one ridgeline view — earned, not paved.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Zion Narrows Backdoor — Kolob Plateau High Approach via Lava Point and North Fork Road
Above Zion's angels — on lava, alone.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Bighorn Basin Desert Floor and Ten Sleep Creek
Alkali flats and red canyon on Wyoming's basin floor.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Plateau to Bryce Valley via Skutumpah Road and Johnsons Canyon
Red-rock clay road through Grand Staircase's core.
California
ModerateCougar Buttes Road — Johnson Valley Desert Basin to Pioneertown via Bessemer Mine
Empty Mojave basin, granite, mine scars.
Colorado
ModerateRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench
Clay roads, canyon walls, two rivers.
Colorado
ModerateTaylor Park to Pitkin — Quartz Creek Road and Ohio Creek Backcountry via Cumberland Pass
12,000-foot pass through Colorado ghost country.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Pass to Bull Creek via Hazelton Road
Wyoming ridgeline with zero crowds.
California
ModerateBodie and Benton Crossing — Mono Basin High Desert Circuit via Masonic Mountain
Ghost towns, mines, and alkali flats.