Idaho
DifficultMagruder Corridor Road — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Edge via Red River Divide
101 miles. No guardrails. No shortcuts.
Feature: Historic
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Medicine Wheel Road
Sacred stone wheel at 10,000 feet. Drive it slow.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn Basin Rim and Red Gulch Road
Jurassic tracks and painted badlands, no guardrails.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Fort Piute Wash
Civil War ruins and desert petroglyphs.
California
DifficultEmigrant Pass Road — Death Valley’s Northern Backdoor via Bullfrog Hills
Death Valley's steep Panamint backdoor.
USA
ModerateCentennial Road — Big Sandy Lodge Approach via New Fork Canyon
Wind River Range western gate. Ford required.
Arizona
ExpertNellis Wash to Pakoon Springs — Grand Canyon North Rim Volcanic Plateau
Arizona Strip solitude. No rescue coming.
Colorado
DifficultRollins Pass Road
Old railroad grade. New altitude problem.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Elkhorn Mountains Crest to Marysville via Badger Pass and Scratchgravel Road
Ghost towns and ghost ridges above Helena.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Gros Ventre Slide — Kelly Warm Spring to Red Hills via Gros Ventre River Road
A landslide scar, red hills, and Teton solitude.