Montana
ModerateSawmill Road to Black Canyon of the Yellowstone — Paradise Valley Rim to Yellowstone River Gorge via Mill Creek Summit
The canyon most Paradise Valley drivers never see.
Feature: Scenic
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway South via Mono Creek and Antelope Creek Divide
Montana ghost towns and granite sky, no company needed.
USA
DifficultCoyote Hills to Comb Ridge — Abajo Mountains Desert Spine via Bears Ears Corridor
Jurassic spine, zero crowds, zero mercy.
Colorado
ModerateWest Elk Wilderness Road — Gunnison to Crested Butte via Kebler Pass and Anthracite Creek
Colorado's great aspen back road, no crowds.
Alaska
ExtremeLonesome Highway — Noatak River Valley to Aniuk Lowlands via Baird Mountains Foothills
Six million acres. No road in.
USA
DifficultThorofare Road — Yellowstone’s Most Remote Backcountry Drive via Two Ocean Plateau
Most remote road in the lower 48.
Montana
ModerateSourdough Road to Wilderness Falls — Bob Marshall Wilderness Rocky Mountain Front
Where the plains end and the wild begins.
Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Dinosaur National Monument Echo Park Desert Circuit
Two rivers. One brutal clay descent.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch Loop — Grand Staircase-Escalante Slickrock and Arch Circuit
Utah canyon country at its most raw.
Kentucky
ModerateCumberland Gap Backcountry Road — Middlesboro to Virginia Line via Ridge Road and Pinnacle Overlook
Boone's Gap, still rough after 250 years.