Montana
EasyGunsight Pass to Ptarmigan Tunnel — Many Glacier Remote Valley Drive via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Grizzly country and glaciers at road's end.
Surface: Dirt
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Crown King — Bradshaw Mountains Mining Spine via Senator Highway
Arizona mining history — the hard way up.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jakes Creek Divide to Coeur d’Alene River via Bumblebee Road and St. Maries Bench
Idaho Panhandle timber bench — no crowd, no signal.
USA
ModerateGunsight Pass Road — Wind River Range Wilderness Edge via Big Sandy Desert
Wyoming granite, sagebrush, and silence.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Kiabab Plateau Rim to Fire Point via North Rim Backcountry Drive
The Grand Canyon rim nobody knows about.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Trapper Creek via the Medicine Lodge Divide
Rock art, canyon walls, and nobody behind you.
California
DifficultRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Playa via Hunter Mountain
Rocks that move. Silence that doesn't.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Guadalupe Mountains Back Road to Dog Canyon via Salt Basin Overlook
Salt Basin flats and the Guadalupe's forgotten north face.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gravelly Range Road to Hilgard Peak via the Madison Valley Rim
Montana ridge road with Hilgard staring back at you all day.