California
DifficultMojave Road — Rock Springs to Fort Piute via Mojave Desert Water Holes
Old Army road through the Mojave's driest miles.
Feature: Historic
California
ExpertWaucoba-Saline Valley Road — Inyo Mountains Crest to Saline Valley Hot Springs via Steel Pass
Steel Pass into Saline: earn your soak.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Wind River Basin Rim
Gros Ventre canyon — geology, history, and solitude.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hog Canyon Road to Paria Plateau via House Rock Valley
Vermilion Cliffs rim and bison country below.
Alabama
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jemison Creek Road to Cheaha Mountain via Talladega National Forest Backbone
Alabama's high ridge on red Appalachian clay.
Nevada
ModerateSheldon-Antelope Back Road — Soldier Meadows to Lahontan Valley via Black Rock Desert Rim
Black Rock playa and wild horse high desert.
Idaho
ModerateSwamp Creek Road to Selway Falls — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness River Canyon Drive
One road into a million-acre wilderness. No way around it.
Colorado
ModerateShelf Road — Cañon City to Goldfield via the Arkansas River Gorge Rim
One lane, no guardrail, straight down to the river.
California
ExpertLonesome Highway — Surprise Canyon to Panamint City Ghost Town via Lemoigne Canyon Spur
Death Valley's most punishing ghost town run.
Colorado
ModerateWagonwheel Gap to Bristol Head — South Fork Rio Grande High Basin via Creede Backcountry
Bristol Head and silver ruins above the Rio Grande.