New Mexico
ModerateTable Mesa Road to Rim Vista — Black Mesa Plateau Desert Spine via Angel Peak Badlands
Badlands geometry at the edge of the Colorado Plateau.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Canyon North District to Barry’s Landing via Devil Canyon Rim
Montana's deepest canyon, no crowds, no signal.
California
ModerateBodie Ghost Town Road — Bridgeport to Bodie via Cottonwood Canyon High Desert Approach
California's deadest boomtown, still standing.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hartman Rocks to Cochetopa Hills via Saguache Creek Divide
Forgotten Colorado bench roads above Saguache Creek.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ruby Valley Road to Alder via the Tobacco Root Mountains Bench
Gold country dirt roads below the Tobacco Roots.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Garnet Range Divide to Missoula via the Blackfoot River Benchlands
Montana's most intact ghost town on a ridge road.
Colorado
ModerateSlumgullion to Powderhorn — San Juan Plateau High Bench via Los Pinos River Divide
San Juan mesa country with zero crowds.
Montana
ModerateSawmill Road to Black Canyon of the Yellowstone — Paradise Valley Rim to Yellowstone River Gorge via Mill Creek Summit
The canyon most Paradise Valley drivers never see.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway South via Mono Creek and Antelope Creek Divide
Montana ghost towns and granite sky, no company needed.
Colorado
ModerateWest Elk Wilderness Road — Gunnison to Crested Butte via Kebler Pass and Anthracite Creek
Colorado's great aspen back road, no crowds.