Montana
EasyGunsight Pass to Ptarmigan Tunnel — Many Glacier Remote Valley Drive via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Grizzly country and glaciers at road's end.
Feature: Historic
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Crown King — Bradshaw Mountains Mining Spine via Senator Highway
Arizona mining history — the hard way up.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Trapper Creek via the Medicine Lodge Divide
Rock art, canyon walls, and nobody behind you.
California
DifficultRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Playa via Hunter Mountain
Rocks that move. Silence that doesn't.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Guadalupe Mountains Back Road to Dog Canyon via Salt Basin Overlook
Salt Basin flats and the Guadalupe's forgotten north face.
California
ModerateJawbone to Red Rock Canyon — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine via Last Chance Canyon
Slot canyon colors on forgotten Mojave BLM dirt.
Colorado
DifficultYankee Hill Road — Black Hawk to Nederland via the Gilpin County Mining Divide
Gold country shelf road above 10,000 feet.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Shell Creek Road and Medicine Lodge
10,000 years of history, zero crowds.
California
ModerateBradshaw Trail — Chiriaco Summit to Blythe via Mecca Hills Desert Crossing
1862 wagon road. Still earns respect.