USA
ModerateHatfield McCoy Trails — Pocahontas County Burnsville Circuit via Cranberry Backcountry
Appalachian mud, rock, and rhododendron — the real deal.
Feature: Historic
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes North — The Wave Approach Road via Wire Pass Trailhead
Sandy wash road into lottery-permit canyon country.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn National Forest Battle Park Road to Hazelton via Red Wall Country and Dry Fork Ridge
Red walls, open sage, and zero other rigs.
California
ModerateJawbone to Dove Springs — El Paso Mountains Full Desert Traverse via Red Rock Canyon State Park Backdoor
Volcanic badlands, slot canyons, zero pavement.
North Carolina
ModerateOphir Creek Road to Mount Pisgah — Uwharrie National Forest Red Clay Ridge Circuit
Red clay that eats unprepared rigs for lunch.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Hills to Red Rock Canyon via the Sheep Range Crest
Vegas's forgotten wilderness — no casinos, no crowds.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Mountains Road to Amargosa Valley via Beatty Cutoff and Daylight Pass
Death Valley's back door through volcanic badlands.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Lost Creek Wilderness Road to Goose Creek via Rampart Range and Tarryall Mountains
Colorado's best Front Range ridge run.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Flint Creek Valley via the Anaconda Range Bench
Big sky bench. Old copper country. No company.
Arizona
ModeratePinery Canyon Road — Chiricahua Mountains Sky Island Crest via Onion Saddle
Sky Island spine. Jaguar country. Zero crowds.