Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Engineer Mountain — Uncompahgre Wilderness Subalpine Approach via Henson Creek
Shelf road to the San Juan subalpine — no room for second thoughts.
Feature: Remote
New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Meeteetse via the Absaroka Front and Greybull River Bench
Badlands, benchlands, and the Absaroka wall.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Trego Hot Springs Road to Black Rock Desert Playa via Soldier Meadows
Ancient lakebed, no fences, no rules, no help.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Teton Pass Road to Victor via Coal Creek Summit Backdoor
The Tetons summit nobody's driving but you.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bitterroot Divide Road to Painted Rocks via West Fork Canyon
Deep canyon river road on Montana's Idaho line.
South Carolina
ModerateDeerfield Road to Jocassee Gorges — Sumter National Forest High Divide via Horsepasture River Bench
Blue Ridge gorge country you earn on dirt.
Nebraska
ModerateLonesome Highway — Sandhills Cattle Drive Road to Thedford via the Dismal River Valley Back Road
Empty dunes, cold river, no signal — Nebraska raw.
Texas
ModerateCaprock Canyons Trailway Road — Quitaque to Turkey via the Llano Estacado Escarpment Edge
Red canyon walls and wild bison in forgotten Texas.
USA
ModerateSunset Road to Promontory Point — Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Desert Causeway via Golden Spike Backcountry
Where the railroad ended and the lake begins.