Arkansas
ModerateLonesome Creek Road — Ouachita National Forest Backcountry
The South's overlooked overland backcountry gem.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
California
ModerateCoyote Wash to Pinnacles — Anza-Borrego Desert Jeep Trail
Desert canyon water crossings and bighorn country.
USA
ModerateBeartooth Highway Backcountry — Index Peak to Clay Butte Overlook
Above timberline with grizzlies and zero guardrails.
California
ModerateCinder Cone Volcanic Loop — Lassen Volcanic National Park Backcountry
Painted dunes and black cinder in volcanic solitude.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Toiyabe Crest to Big Smoky Valley via Arc Dome Wilderness
Nevada's forgotten spine, 10K feet of silence.
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Sequoia National Park’s Switchback Gauntlet
698 curves into the Sierra's most remote valley.
USA
ModerateCoyote Buttes North — The Wave Permit Road
Lottery-gated slickrock in the Vermilion Cliffs.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook to Iron Wash — San Rafael Swell West Rim Desert Circuit
Slot reef, Sinbad country, nobody else around.
USA
ModerateChicken Creek Road to Boulder Mountain Summit — Dixie National Forest High Plateau
Utah's highest timber plateau — almost nobody's up here.
California
ModerateOnion Valley to Horseshoe Meadows — Eastern Sierra High Country Traverse
Sierra fault scarp, Alabama Hills, no crowds.