Montana
ModerateElkhorn Road — Deerlodge National Forest Ridgeline Traverse
Montana ghost towns and forgotten ridge miles.
Surface: Mixed
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Birch Creek — White Mountain High Desert Bench
10,000 feet of lonely volcanic desert.
Oklahoma
DifficultLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Potato Hills via Big Cedar Divide
Oklahoma ridge roads nobody talks about.
Colorado
DifficultWeminuche Wilderness Trailhead Road — Vallecito Creek to Emerald Lake via Pine River Canyon
Canyon crossings into Colorado's biggest wild.
Nevada
ModerateEmigrant Trail — Lovelock to Winnemucca via the Humboldt Sink Desert Crossing
Wagon ruts and alkali flats. Nevada at its rawest.
USA
ModerateLasal Mountain Loop Road — Castle Valley to Moab via the La Sal High Country
Desert floor to alpine summit in one dirty loop.
Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Ajo to Yuma via Cabeza Prieta Desert Crossing
The Devil's Highway still collects its toll.
Tennessee
ModerateForest Road 154 — Lonesome Pine to Lost Creek via Ouachita Highlands Rim (Tennessee)
Ridge-top dirt above the Nolichucky gorge.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Laramie to Vedauwoo via Wyoming High Plains
Granite tors and pronghorn on Wyoming's forgotten high plain.
USA
ModerateYankee Meadows to Panguitch Lake — Markagunt Plateau High Road
Utah's quiet plateau road most drivers never find.