Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Valley Road to Lima via Red Rock Lakes Divide
50 miles of Montana valley with zero company.
Surface: Gravel
Arizona
ModerateKiabab Plateau Road — Jacob Lake to North Rim Backcountry via Crazy Jug Point
The Grand Canyon rim the crowds never find.
California
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owens Valley Floor to Saline Valley via Waucoba Mountain
Over Waucoba into Death Valley's forgotten basin.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Missouri Backcountry via Blaine County
Bentonite badlands and zero services for 80 miles.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gunnison to Curecanti Needle via Blue Mesa Rim and Soap Creek Road
A 700-foot spire and a drowned railroad grade.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Basin Road to Mackay via the Lost River Range Front
Idaho's forgotten volcanic bowl under 12k peaks.
California
ModerateCarrizo Plain Overlook Road — Temblor Range Crest to Soda Lake via Caliente Ridge
Fault lines, alkali flats, and zero crowds.
California
ModerateRacetrack Valley Road — Death Valley’s Sailing Stones and Grandstand Playa Loop
Rocks that move. Roads that bite.
Montana
DifficultLonesome Highway — Beartooth Plateau Divide to Cooke City via Daisy Pass Road
Above the Beartooth. Below the radar.
USA
ModerateExplore Sunstone Knoll to Wah Wah Mountains — Escalante Desert Volcanic Field Road
Gem fields and volcanic desert, zero crowds.