Colorado
ModerateSlumgullion to Cebolla Mesa — Lake City Backcountry High Desert Bench
Gunnison country bench. Crowds don't find this one.
Surface: Gravel
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Big Belt Mountains Divide to Canyon Ferry via Magpie Gulch
Big Belts divide. Nobody else up here.
USA
DifficultBirch Creek to Heart Mountain — Shoshone National Forest Absaroka Front Road via Dead Indian Hill
Absaroka front, geological freakshow, zero crowd.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Pass to Hunter Corrals via Cloud Peak Wilderness Edge
Wyoming high plateau, zero crowds, big sky.
North Dakota
ModerateBloody Run Hills to Elkhorn Ranch — Little Missouri Badlands Remote Circuit
Roosevelt's badlands, one river crossing, zero pavement.
California
ModerateNacimiento Lake to Pozo Summit — Los Padres Coast Range High Road
Los Padres ridgeline with zero cell bars and zero crowds.
Colorado
ExpertOuray to Engineer Pass — Alpine Loop San Juan High Road via Animas Forks Ghost Town
Two 12,000-ft passes. One ghost town. Zero guardrails.
Nevada
EasyLamoille Canyon Road — Ruby Mountains High Country Drive via Lamoille Creek
Nevada's secret alpine canyon.
Oregon
DifficultLonesome Highway — Owyhee River Canyon Rim to Three Forks via Jordan Valley Backcountry
Oregon's forgotten canyon country.
USA
ModerateLongabaugh Trail — Hole-in-the-Wall to Outlaw Cave via Wyoming’s Red Wall Country
Butch Cassidy's backyard, still wild.