USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Paria River Crossing
Two canyons, a river crossing, and nobody watching.
Feature: Scenic
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Hewitt Station
Ghost ranch country baking in the Arizona desert.
Colorado
ModerateRimrocker Trail
Moab to Montrose — real cross-country overlanding.
Colorado
ModerateCentennial Road to South Rim of the Black Canyon — Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Rim via Peach Valley
Rim access to the gorge they forgot to fence off.
Arizona
EasyGunsight Butte Road to Lee’s Ferry — Marble Canyon Rim to Colorado River via House Rock Valley
The only road to the top of the Grand Canyon's river.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hole-in-the-Rock — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Dance Hall Rock
Where pioneers blasted a road through solid rock.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Silverton via the Uncompahgre Wilderness Edge
San Juan solitude while everyone else rides 550.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.