South Carolina
ModerateSwamp Fox Passage to Hellhole Bay — Francis Marion National Forest Pineland Loop
Swamp roads where the Swamp Fox once hid.
Feature: Camping
USA
DifficultGlacier Ridge Trail — Bighorn National Forest High Road via Tensleep Canyon Rim
Bighorn ridgeline above the cloud line.
Nevada
DifficultTobin Range Road — Battle Mountain to Unionville via the Humboldt Basin Desert Spine
Twain country, sagebrush, and total silence.
Texas
DifficultBig Bend River Road West — Presidio to Santa Elena Canyon via Rancherias Loop
Rio Grande borderland. No pavement, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateChimney Rock to Dolores River Canyon — McPhee Reservoir to Cahone via Disappointment Valley
Colorado canyon country with zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Mount Elbert Trailhead — Sawatch Range Subalpine Approach
Base camp for Colorado's highest ground.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Kiamichi River via Potato Hills Divide
Deep Oklahoma hills, deep red clay, deep quiet.
USA
DifficultKellner Canyon to Tensleep Canyon — Bighorn Mountains East Face Desert Road
Bighorn's eastern face, raw and unforgiving.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Pass North Slope Road — Red Lodge to Cooke City via Gardner Lake Spur and Line Creek Plateau
Above the Beartooth pavement where the tundra takes over.
USA
ExpertFlint Trail — Canyonlands Maze District Entry via Hans Flat Ranger Station
The hardest legal road into the most remote canyon country.