Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Alpine via the Coronado Trail High Spine
460 curves. Zero shortcuts. Pure mountain.
Feature: High Altitude
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest South Fork and Paintrock Creek Divide
Wyoming's red wall country from basin floor to divide.
Oregon
ModerateCascade Lakes Highway Backcountry — Deschutes High Cascade Circuit via Bachelor Butte and Crane Prairie
Volcanic Oregon without the Crater Lake crowds.
Montana
DifficultForest Road 26 to Lamar River Valley — Yellowstone’s Northeast Backdoor via Cooke City and Republic Pass
Yellowstone's wolf country from the hard side.
Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Slumgullion Pass — Hinsdale County High Country via Spring Creek Basin
San Juan shelf roads and a living landslide.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest North Fork and Porcupine Creek Divide
Basin to canyon — Bighorn backcountry at its loneliest.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Bald Mountain — Uinta High Uinta Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Mirror Lake
Top of Utah's east-west range.
New Mexico
ModerateZuni-Acoma Trail Road to McGaffey Lookout — Cibola National Forest High Rim via Oso Ridge
Zuni Mountains high rim above Gallup.
Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Engineer Mountain — Uncompahgre Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Henson Creek
Shelf road to the San Juan subalpine — no room for second thoughts.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Teton Pass Road to Victor via Coal Creek Summit Backdoor
The Tetons summit nobody's driving but you.