Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Engineer Mountain — Uncompahgre Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Henson Creek
Shelf road to the San Juan subalpine — no room for second thoughts.
Feature: Historic
Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Big Bend Basin via Persimmon Gap and the Dead Horse Mountains
Comanche country — 26 miles of Chihuahuan Desert solitude.
New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Absaroka Front and Greybull River Bench
Badlands, benchlands, and the Absaroka wall.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Trego Hot Springs Road to Black Rock Desert Playa via Soldier Meadows
Ancient lakebed, no fences, no rules, no help.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
USA
ModerateSunset Road to Promontory Point — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Desert Causeway via Golden Spike Backcountry
Where the railroad ended and the lake begins.
Oregon
ModerateTable Rock Road to Whitehorse Creek — Owyhee Uplands Desert Rim via Crowley Road
Oregon's emptiest corner — sage, rimrock, and wild horses.
Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Bear Camp — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Galice Ridge
The ridge road that earned its reputation the hard way.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Paria River Crossing
Two canyons, a river crossing, and nobody watching.