New Mexico
DifficultLonesome Highway — Gila River Backcountry to Mogollon Ghost Town via Sandy Road
Shelf road to a ghost town above the Gila Wilderness.
Surface: Dirt
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Mountains Divide to Elk Lake via Sheep Creek Basin
Grizzly country divide run above the Idaho line.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains South Slope to Tensleep Canyon via Hazelton Road and Tensleep Creek Gorge
Red wall badlands to limestone canyon walls.
California
ModerateSawmill Road to Kern River Headwaters — Sequoia National Forest High Country Spine via Sherman Pass
Southern Sierra's forgotten high crossing.
Arizona
ModerateWentworth Road to Malpais Spring — Tonto National Forest Mogollon Rim Desert Bench via Young Highway
Arizona's loneliest rim country run.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Wilderness Peak — Gifford Pinchot High Country via Lewis River Divide
Three volcanoes in one ridgeline view — earned, not paved.
Montana
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Dillon via the Big Hole Valley Back Road
Big sky, cold river, and a valley frozen in time.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Shootaring Canyon — Henry Mountains Desert Bench via Swap Mesa Road
Cold War uranium roads meet canyon country solitude.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Zion Narrows Backdoor — Kolob Plateau High Approach via Lava Point and North Fork Road
Above Zion's angels — on lava, alone.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Bighorn Basin Desert Floor and Ten Sleep Creek
Alkali flats and red canyon on Wyoming's basin floor.