Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Sula via the Bitterroot Divide Back Road
Montana's loneliest Bitterroot Divide crossing.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Sycamore Canyon Rim — Kaibab National Forest West Rim Drive via Bill Williams Mountain
Arizona's forgotten canyon — right from the rim.
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Prescott National Forest — Mingus Mountain High Road via Jerome Backdoor
Jerome's back side, Arizona's best ridge.
Colorado
ModerateBunker Hill Road to Slumgullion Earthflow — Gunnison Gorge Rim to Blue Mesa via Curecanti Backcountry
Deep San Juan canyon to a forgotten wilderness rim.
Texas
ModerateBrokeoff Mountains to Cornudas — Guadalupe Escarpment Desert Back Road via Salt Flat
West Texas playa crossing to volcanic plugs.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gravelly Range Road to Centennial Valley via Snowline and Wade Lake
Montana's quiet plateau above the swan valley.
USA
ModerateOnion Creek Road to Fisher Towers — Colorado River Red Rock Canyon Bench
Red canyon, creek crossings, tower country.
USA
ModerateZion Canyon Overlook Road to Smithsonian Butte — Virgin River Rim and Red Cliffs Desert Circuit
Zion views. No park fee. No crowds.
USA
ModerateChimney Rock Road to Vedauwoo — Wyoming High Plains Granite Spine via Pole Mountain
Granite domes and big Wyoming sky.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sunstone Playa to Desert Creek via Warner Valley Rim
Dig gems, see pronghorn, find nobody.