Oregon
DifficultSawmill Road to Cornucopia Ghost Town — Wallowa Mountains Mining Spine via Pine Creek Canyon
Oregon's ghost town the canyon wants to keep.
Surface: Rock
Arizona
ModerateBloody Basin Road to Table Mesa — Agua Fria National Monument Desert Rim Loop
Ancient ruins, zero crowds, one hour from Phoenix.
California
ExpertWaucoba-Saline Valley Road South — Inyo Mountains to Saline Valley Floor via Steel Pass
Steel Pass down to warm springs in Death Valley's loneliest valley.
Colorado
DifficultTincup Pass Road — St. Elmo to Tincup via the Sawatch-Elk Range Divide
Two ghost towns, one brutal alpine divide.
California
ModerateHole-in-the-Wall to Mid Hills — Mojave National Preserve Desert Loop via Wild Horse Canyon
Iron rings, lava walls, and open Mojave sky.
Arizona
ModeratePine Mountain Road to Hualapai Peak — Walapai Wilderness High Divide via Cerbat Mountains
Mojave desert floor to ponderosa sky island above Kingman.
Colorado
ExpertCorkscrew Pass to Animas Forks — Silverton High Country Loop via Picayne Gulch
Ghost towns and 13k shelf roads above Silverton.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains Powder River Country to Ten Sleep via the West Slope Bench
Wyoming's forgotten west slope, limestone and sage.
California
ModerateCoyote Wash to Squaw Tank — Joshua Tree Desert Backcountry Jeep Trail via Pinto Basin
Desert crawl to a Cahuilla waterhole.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hartman Rocks to Cochetopa Hills via Saguache Creek Divide
Forgotten Colorado bench roads above Saguache Creek.