Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Ruby Valley Road to Alder via the Tobacco Root Mountains Bench
Gold country dirt roads below the Tobacco Roots.
Feature: Historic
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Garnet Range Divide to Missoula via the Blackfoot River Benchlands
Montana's most intact ghost town on a ridge road.
California
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley to White Mountain Peak via Barcroft Road
Highest drivable road in the lower 48.
Colorado
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Idarado Mine — Uncompahgre Gorge Rim to Red Mountain Pass Backdoor
Mining ruins and shelf roads above Ouray's box canyon.
Colorado
ModerateSlumgullion to Powderhorn — San Juan Plateau High Bench via Los Pinos River Divide
San Juan mesa country with zero crowds.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway South via Mono Creek and Antelope Creek Divide
Montana ghost towns and granite sky, no company needed.
USA
DifficultCoyote Hills to Comb Ridge — Abajo Mountains Desert Spine via Bears Ears Corridor
Jurassic spine, zero crowds, zero mercy.
Colorado
ModerateWest Elk Wilderness Road — Gunnison to Crested Butte via Kebler Pass and Anthracite Creek
Colorado's great aspen back road, no crowds.
USA
DifficultThorofare Road — Yellowstone’s Most Remote Backcountry Drive via Two Ocean Plateau
Most remote road in the lower 48.
Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Dinosaur National Monument Echo Park Desert Circuit
Two rivers. One brutal clay descent.