USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Zion Narrows Backdoor — Kolob Plateau High Approach via Lava Point and North Fork Road
Above Zion's angels — on lava, alone.
Feature: High Altitude
Colorado
ModerateTaylor Park to Pitkin — Quartz Creek Road and Ohio Creek Backcountry via Cumberland Pass
12,000-foot pass through Colorado ghost country.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Pass to Bull Creek via Hazelton Road
Wyoming ridgeline with zero crowds.
New Zealand
ModerateOld Ghost Road – Ghost Lake Section
Gold-rush ghosts and alpine tarns, West Coast NZ.
Australia
DifficultOld Razorback Track
Victoria's High Country ridgeline at its sharpest.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ridgway via Last Dollar Road and the Uncompahgre Plateau
Aspen gold and 14,000-foot peaks above Telluride.
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.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Fish Lake Valley — White Mountains High Desert Traverse via Chiatovich Creek
Bristlecones, shelf road, and a basin nobody finds.
New Mexico
DifficultSawmill Road to Picuris Peak — Carson National Forest Sangre de Cristo Desert Divide via Vadito
Sangre de Cristo solitude above Taos.