Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Gray Butte — Crooked River High Desert Plateau via Post and Paulina
Juniper flats, rimrock, and Oregon silence.
Surface: Mixed
Colorado
ModerateCoyote Ridge to Ute Pass — San Luis Valley Desert Rim via La Garita Wilderness Edge
Volcanic rimrock, Ute history, zero crowds.
Idaho
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Range Road to Macks Inn via Targhee Creek Divide
The divide nobody talks about.
Nevada
DifficultLonesome Highway — Jarbidge River Canyon Road to Murphy Hot Springs via Owyhee Plateau Rim
The lower 48's most remote canyon run.
Alabama
ModerateGlade Creek Road to Breaks of the Sandy — Sipsey Fork Canyon Rim via Bankhead Wilderness Edge
Alabama's hidden canyon country.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Grass Range via the Judith Mountains Bench
Isolated Montana range most overlanders never find.
Colorado
DifficultSawmill Road to Blanco Peak — San Luis Valley to Conejos Canyon via Conejos River Road
Southern Colorado's forgotten canyon run to the high country.
California
DifficultCoyote Wells to McCain Valley — Anza-Borrego Desert East Bench via In-Ko-Pah Mountains
Desert bench run where California turns Sonoran.
South Dakota
ModerateLonesome Highway — Needles Highway to Wind Cave via Custer State Park Backcountry
Granite tunnels, bison, and Black Hills sky above the needles.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Kaibab Plateau North Rim Backcountry via Jacob Lake and Crazy Jug Point
North Rim rim — no crowds, just canyon.