California
ModerateSawmill Road to Mount Pinos Summit — Los Padres National Forest Transverse Range High Approach
SoCal's secret high country above 8,800 feet.
Feature: High Altitude
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Cloud Peak Wilderness Edge
Bighorn's limestone walls on an empty road.
USA
DifficultDoris Lake Road to Duck Creek — Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming Range Back Road via LaBarge Creek
More elk than overlanders in Wyoming's forgotten range.
California
ModerateLime Creek Road to Sweeney Pass — Cuyamaca Mountains Desert Divide via Laguna Mountains
San Diego's forgotten high-country desert divide.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Mountains Road to Amargosa Valley via Beatty Cutoff and Daylight Pass
Death Valley's back door through volcanic badlands.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hurricane Ridge — Olympic Peninsula High Country Circuit via Obstruction Point Road
Olympic's roughest road ends at the sky.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Flint Creek Valley via the Anaconda Range Bench
Big sky bench. Old copper country. No company.
Arizona
ModeratePinery Canyon Road — Chiricahua Mountains Sky Island Crest via Onion Saddle
Sky Island spine. Jaguar country. Zero crowds.
Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Breakneck Meadow — Siskiyou Mountains High Divide via Grayback Mountain
Siskiyou ridgeline. Elk. No cell service.
Colorado
DifficultCrooked Creek Road to Mount Evans Backcountry — Arapaho National Forest High Country Traverse via Georgia Pass
Quiet Divide crossing above South Park's big sky.