Australia
DifficultTarkine Wilderness Drive — Arthur River to Corinna via the Savage River Plateau
The Tarkine doesn't forgive soft tyres.
Surface: Mixed
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Valley Road to Lima via Red Rock Lakes Divide
50 miles of Montana valley with zero company.
Arizona
ModerateKiabab Plateau Road — Jacob Lake to North Rim Backcountry via Crazy Jug Point
The Grand Canyon rim the crowds never find.
Colorado
ExpertMineral Point Road — Ouray to Poughkeepsie Gulch via Engineer Mountain Divide
Poughkeepsie Gulch doesn't forgive bad rigs.
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.
Arizona
DifficultGuzzler Well to Racetrack Flats — Pinal Mountains Mining Spine
Copper country ridge road with nothing easy about it.
Alabama
ModerateLonesome Pine Road — Bankhead National Forest Sipsey Fork Canyon to Natural Bridge via Houston Valley
Alabama's forgotten canyon country runs deep.
New Mexico
DifficultLonesome Highway — Gila River Canyon Road to Redrock via Box Canyon
Six river crossings, zero crowds, pure Gila.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Camas Creek Road to Craters of the Moon via the Great Rift Zone
Lava, silence, and the edge of the world.