Oregon
ModerateCoyote Hills to Warm Springs Summit — Ochoco National Forest High Divide via Antelope Flat (Oregon)
High ponderosa divide above Oregon's fossil country.
Feature: High Altitude
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sunlight Basin Road to Dead Indian Summit via Clarks Fork Absaroka
Wyoming's deepest canyon on a forgotten back road.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Shell Falls via Highway 14 Backcountry Spur
Wyoming canyon country above the basin floor.
Colorado
DifficultAlpine Loop — Animas Forks to Engineer Pass via the San Juan High Country
Four passes, three ghost towns, one brutal San Juan circuit.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Highway North Slope Road — Red Lodge to Cooke City via Beartooth Pass Summit
America's highest paved road with gravel teeth.
USA
ModerateNebo Loop to Bear Canyon — Uinta National Forest Wasatch Plateau Backdoor via Birdseye Pass
Nebo's raw east face — shelves, shale, and desert views.
New Mexico
ModerateCoyote Ridge to San Pedro Parks — Santa Fe National Forest High Mesa Circuit via Nacimiento Peak
New Mexico's boggy subalpine mesa on FR 70.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Tioga Pass to Mono Lake via Saddlebag Lake Road and Lee Vining Canyon
Sierra crest to ancient sea in 75 miles.
California
ModerateBunny Flat to Sand Flat — Mount Shasta Volcanic Backcountry via Everitt Memorial Highway
Volcanic pumice and 14k views above Shasta.
Montana
DifficultSheldon Lake Road to Beach Creek Lookout — Hells Canyon Wilderness Edge via Imnaha Rim
Tundra, shale, and sky above 10,000 feet.