Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor and Patterson Creek
White Clouds without the permit lottery.
Feature: Camping
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Superior Backcountry — Tonto National Forest Desert Spine via Telegraph Canyon
Sonoran Desert canyon country, no crowds.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Hazelton to Paintrock Creek Road
Limestone narrows, creek crossings, zero crowds.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Medicine Wheel Road
Sacred stone wheel at 10,000 feet. Drive it slow.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn Basin Rim and Red Gulch Road
Jurassic tracks and painted badlands, no guardrails.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Fort Piute Wash
Civil War ruins and desert petroglyphs.
USA
ModerateCentennial Road — Big Sandy Lodge Approach via New Fork Canyon
Wind River Range western gate. Ford required.
Arizona
ExpertNellis Wash to Pakoon Springs — Grand Canyon North Rim Volcanic Plateau
Arizona Strip solitude. No rescue coming.
Colorado
DifficultRollins Pass Road
Old railroad grade. New altitude problem.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Elkhorn Mountains Crest to Marysville via Badger Pass and Scratchgravel Road
Ghost towns and ghost ridges above Helena.