California
ModerateSawmill Road to Kern River Headwaters — Sequoia National Forest High Country Spine via Sherman Pass
Southern Sierra's forgotten high crossing.
Surface: Gravel
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
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.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Plateau to Bryce Valley via Skutumpah Road and Johnsons Canyon
Red-rock clay road through Grand Staircase's core.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Hazelton Road and Red Wall Country
Red Wall badlands. No traffic. No mercy.
Colorado
ModerateRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench
Clay roads, canyon walls, two rivers.
USA
EasySawmill Road to Mount St. Helens Windy Ridge — Gifford Pinchot Volcanic Blast Zone via FR 99
Drive into the blast zone. It still hasn't forgiven.