Colorado
DifficultLonesome Lake Trail — Bob Marshall Wilderness South Fork Approach via Benchmark
Engineer Pass: where the shelf road gets serious.
Feature: Remote
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita High Country Ridge to Athens via Brushy Creek
Red clay ridge run through the forgotten Ouachitas.
Oregon
EasyBarlow Road — Mount Hood’s Historic Oregon Trail Bypass via Timberline
Oregon Trail wagon ruts you can still drive.
Oregon
ModerateBroken Top to Green Lakes — Cascade Volcanic High Country Road via Todd Lake
Pumice, volcanoes, and Oregon sky.
California
DifficultWaypoint to Wildrose Peak — Death Valley’s Charcoal Kilns and Panamint Crest Road
Kilns, crest, and Death Valley solitude.
Arizona
DifficultSawmill Canyon to Mount Lemmon — Santa Catalina Mountains Back Road
Desert floor to pine summit the hard way.
Idaho
DifficultLolo Motorway — Lewis and Clark’s War Road Across the Bitterroots
100 miles on the ridge Lewis and Clark barely survived.
Colorado
DifficultCinnamon Pass Road — Lake City to Silverton via the Alpine Loop
12,620 feet of raw San Juan shelf road.
Colorado
ModerateBowen Gulch to Grand Ditch Road — Never Summer Mountains Wilderness Edge Traverse
Hand-dug canal road above 10,000 feet. Moose country.
California
ModerateLonesome Dove Road to Lost Horse Mine — Joshua Tree Desert Backcountry Loop
Gold mining desert — no crowds, no mercy.