Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ely via the White Pine Range and Butte Valley Desert Floor
Great Basin back roads with almost no one on them.
Feature: Wildlife
Montana
DifficultForest Road 26 to Lamar River Valley — Yellowstone’s Northeast Backdoor via Cooke City and Republic Pass
Yellowstone's wolf country from the hard side.
Montana
DifficultSawmill Road to Montezuma Mine — Custer National Forest Pryor Mountain Rim via Sage Creek Basin
Wild horses, Bighorn rimrock, and ghost mine ruins.
California
ModerateSawmill Road to Sandstone Peaks — Los Padres National Forest Sespe Wilderness Edge via Reyes Peak
Condor country ridge run above SoCal's biggest wilderness.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Mountains Divide Road to Henry’s Lake via Targhee Creek Bench
Ride the spine where Idaho meets Montana.
California
EasyLonesome Highway — Modoc Plateau Rim Road to Lava Beds via Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge
California's empty quarter — lava, birds, and war history.
South Dakota
ModerateLonesome Highway — Needles Highway to Wind Cave via Custer State Park Backcountry
Granite tunnels, bison, and Black Hills sky above the needles.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Hills to Red Rock Canyon via the Sheep Range Crest
Vegas's forgotten wilderness — no casinos, no crowds.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Fairbanks to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range Arctic Corridor
414 miles to the Arctic Ocean. Bring extra spares.
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.