Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Jefferson Wilderness — Deschutes High Desert Approach via Jack Creek
Volcano country without the crowds — Oregon done right.
Feature: Camping
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ridgway via Last Dollar Road and the Uncompahgre Plateau
Aspen gold and 14,000-foot peaks above Telluride.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Ouachita Headwaters — Talimena High Divide via Wilhelmina Ridge
The South's forgotten high-country back road.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the Lost River Valley Desert Floor
Idaho's emptiest valley under its highest peaks.
Colorado
DifficultCinnamon Pass Road — Lake City to Silverton via the Alpine Loop High Country
12,620 feet of ghost town and tundra.
Oregon
DifficultForest Road 500 to Grave Creek Spur — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Dutchman Peak Lookout
1927 lookout, shale shelves, Klamath wilderness views.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Beartooth Plateau East Face to Sunlight Basin via Dead Indian Pass and Clarks Fork Divide
The Beartooth nobody drives — Absaroka raw and real.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Fish Lake Valley — White Mountains High Desert Traverse via Chiatovich Creek
Bristlecones, shelf road, and a basin nobody finds.
Colorado
EasySawmill Road to Hazel Bazemore Peak — Comanche National Grassland Desert Rimrock via Carrizo Canyon
Forgotten canyon. Petroglyphs. Zero crowds.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Dubois via Sheridan Pass and the Wind River Badlands
Painted badlands, sage, and a forgotten Shoshone pass.