USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Country to Ten Sleep via the West Slope Bench
Wyoming's forgotten west slope, limestone and sage.
Feature: Historic
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Petrified Forest Backcountry — Painted Desert Rim Road via Blue Mesa
Ancient logs and alien badlands, no pavement.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Egg Mountains Road to Dubois via Wind River Badlands Backdoor
Wyoming's Bear Lodge — better than the Tower crowds.
USA
ModerateNaches Pass Road — Cascades Historic Wagon Road from Greenwater to Selah Creek via Naches River Divide
Wagon ruts to summit mud — the Cascades' oldest crossing.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Egg Mountains Road to Dubois via the Wind River Badlands (Wyoming)
Dinosaur badlands above the Wind River breaks.
California
ModerateCoyote Wash to Squaw Tank — Joshua Tree Desert Backcountry Jeep Trail via Pinto Basin
Desert crawl to a Cahuilla waterhole.
New Mexico
ModerateTable Mesa Road to Rim Vista — Black Mesa Plateau Desert Spine via Angel Peak Badlands
Badlands geometry at the edge of the Colorado Plateau.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Canyon North District to Barry’s Landing via Devil Canyon Rim
Montana's deepest canyon, no crowds, no signal.
California
ModerateBodie Ghost Town Road — Bridgeport to Bodie via Cottonwood Canyon High Desert Approach
California's deadest boomtown, still standing.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hartman Rocks to Cochetopa Hills via Saguache Creek Divide
Forgotten Colorado bench roads above Saguache Creek.