USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hole-in-the-Rock — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Dance Hall Rock
Where pioneers blasted a road through solid rock.
Surface: Gravel
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Silverton via the Uncompahgre Wilderness Edge
San Juan solitude while everyone else rides 550.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.
Idaho
ModerateYankee Fork Gold Dredge Road — Custer to Jordan Creek via Salmon River Mountains
Ghost dredge, shale shelves, and Idaho high country.
California
ModerateTrans-Catalina Trail Road — Big Bear Lake to Baldwin Lake via Gold Mountain
Mining ridgeline above Big Bear nobody talks about.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Ouray to Silverton via the San Juan High Crossing
Talus, tundra, and a 11,789-ft San Juan crossing.
Montana
EasyGunsight Pass to Ptarmigan Tunnel — Many Glacier Remote Valley Drive via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Grizzly country and glaciers at road's end.
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.