Colorado
EasyLonesome Highway — Pawnee National Grassland to Crow Butte via the South Platte High Plains Back Road
Big sky, no crowds, and Oligocene badlands on the plains.
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Overlanding Trails in Colorado
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Colorado
DifficultTincup Pass Road — St. Elmo to Tincup via the Sawatch-Elk Range Divide
Two ghost towns, one brutal alpine divide.
Colorado
ExpertCorkscrew Pass to Animas Forks — Silverton High Country Loop via Picayne Gulch
Ghost towns and 13k shelf roads above Silverton.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hartman Rocks to Cochetopa Hills via Saguache Creek Divide
Forgotten Colorado bench roads above Saguache Creek.
Colorado
DifficultPoverty Flat Road to Idarado Mine — Uncompahgre Gorge Rim to Red Mountain Pass Backdoor
Mining ruins and shelf roads above Ouray's box canyon.
Colorado
ModerateSlumgullion to Powderhorn — San Juan Plateau High Bench via Los Pinos River Divide
San Juan mesa country with zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateWest Elk Wilderness Road — Gunnison to Crested Butte via Kebler Pass and Anthracite Creek
Colorado's great aspen back road, no crowds.
Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Dinosaur National Monument Echo Park Desert Circuit
Two rivers. One brutal clay descent.
Colorado
EasyLonesome Highway — Pawnee Buttes Road to Pawnee National Grassland via Crow Valley
Prairie spires, pronghorn, and no cell bars.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Piceance to Cathedral Bluffs via Yellow Creek
Colorado's forgotten badlands don't forgive rain.