USA
ModerateSkyline Drive to Big Meadows — Shenandoah Backcountry Spine via Rapidan Camp and Swift Run Gap
A president's hidden fishing camp in the Blue Ridge.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
California
ModerateCoyote Hills to Lassen Peak Backdoor — Lassen Volcanic Backcountry via Butte Lake Road
Volcanic backdoor most Lassen visitors never find.
Alabama
ModerateWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy Creek — Bankhead National Forest Canyon Rim via Sipsey Fork
Alabama slot canyons nobody's talking about.
New Mexico
ModerateBrokeoff Mountains Rim Road — Jemez to Valles Caldera via Redondo Peak Divide
Volcanic caldera rim on loose Jemez gravel.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin Desert Floor to Meeteetse via Kirby Creek and Oregon Basin Road
Wyoming badlands, oil country, zero crowds.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gros Ventre Slide to Turquoise Lake via Red Hills Road and Atherton Creek
Landslide scars, moose meadows, and no pavement.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jemez Mountains High Road to Valles Caldera via Forest Road 376
Supervolcano rim road, elk, obsidian, solitude.
California
ModerateGenesee Road to Shuteye Peak — Sierra Nevada Foothills Mining Spine via Bass Lake
Sierra summit, zero crowds, hundred-mile views.
USA
ModerateZion Plateau Road to Kolob Terrace — Red Butte and Lava Point Overland Circuit
Zion's back door, no shuttle required.
Oregon
ModerateCoyote Hills to Warm Springs Summit — Ochoco National Forest High Divide via Antelope Flat (Oregon)
High ponderosa divide above Oregon's fossil country.