USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Escalante River Bench to Boulder Mountain via Hell’s Backbone Divide
Canyon bench driving above ancient Utah.
Surface: Mixed
USA
DifficultGypsum Canyon Road — Canyonlands Dark Canyon Plateau to Needles Overlook via Beef Basin Connector
Beef Basin ruins and a canyon drop you won't forget.
Arizona
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Wash to Harquahala Mountain via Hassayampa River Plain
Sonoran Desert sky island — no crowd, no mercy.
South Carolina
ModerateSwamp Fox Passage to Hellhole Bay — Francis Marion National Forest Pineland Loop
Swamp roads where the Swamp Fox once hid.
Texas
DifficultBig Bend River Road West — Presidio to Santa Elena Canyon via Rancherias Loop
Rio Grande borderland. No pavement, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateChimney Rock to Dolores River Canyon — McPhee Reservoir to Cahone via Disappointment Valley
Colorado canyon country with zero crowds.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Mount Elbert Trailhead — Sawatch Range Subalpine Approach
Base camp for Colorado's highest ground.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Kiamichi River via Potato Hills Divide
Deep Oklahoma hills, deep red clay, deep quiet.
USA
DifficultKellner Canyon to Tensleep Canyon — Bighorn Mountains East Face Desert Road
Bighorn's eastern face, raw and unforgiving.
USA
ExpertFlint Trail — Canyonlands Maze District Entry via Hans Flat Ranger Station
The hardest legal road into the most remote canyon country.