Texas
DifficultOphir Creek Road to Burro Mesa — Big Bend’s Painted Desert Basin via Glenn Spring
Pancho Villa's old raid country, wide open and brutal.
Surface: Dirt
Texas
ModerateCoyote Hills to Pine Spring — Guadalupe Mountains Backcountry Loop via Dog Canyon
The Guadalupes' forgotten back door via Dog Canyon.
USA
EasyLander Road to South Pass — Wyoming’s Oregon Trail High Desert Crossing via Atlantic City
Oregon Trail ruts, ghost town gold, and the Divide.
California
ModerateHole-in-the-Wall to Mid Hills — Mojave National Preserve Desert Loop via Wild Horse Canyon
Iron rings, lava walls, and open Mojave sky.
Arizona
ModeratePine Mountain Road to Hualapai Peak — Walapai Wilderness High Divide via Cerbat Mountains
Mojave desert floor to ponderosa sky island above Kingman.
New Mexico
ModerateNacimiento Badlands Road — Fort Stanton to Capitan via the Sierra Blanca Desert Bench
Adobe ruins and Sierra Blanca across open NM bench.
Colorado
ExpertCorkscrew Pass to Animas Forks — Silverton High Country Loop via Picayne Gulch
Ghost towns and 13k shelf roads above Silverton.
Idaho
EasyFortymile Salmon River Canyon Road — Clayton to Salmon via the Pahsimeroi Valley Back Road
Two mountain ranges, one forgotten valley, zero crowds.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Country to Ten Sleep via the West Slope Bench
Wyoming's forgotten west slope, limestone and sage.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Petrified Forest Backcountry — Painted Desert Rim Road via Blue Mesa
Ancient logs and alien badlands, no pavement.