Nevada
ModerateToiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail Road — Big Smoky Valley to Arc Dome via Kingston Canyon
Nevada's loneliest ridgeline, sky-high and wide open.
Surface: Rock
Arizona
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Wash to Harquahala Mountain via Hassayampa River Plain
Sonoran Desert sky island — no crowd, no mercy.
USA
DifficultGlacier Ridge Trail — Bighorn National Forest High Road via Tensleep Canyon Rim
Bighorn ridgeline above the cloud line.
Nevada
DifficultTobin Range Road — Battle Mountain to Unionville via the Humboldt Basin Desert Spine
Twain country, sagebrush, and total silence.
Texas
DifficultBig Bend River Road West — Presidio to Santa Elena Canyon via Rancherias Loop
Rio Grande borderland. No pavement, no crowds.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Mount Elbert Trailhead — Sawatch Range Subalpine Approach
Base camp for Colorado's highest ground.
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.
California
ModerateCoyote Dry Lake Playa Road — Lucerne Valley to Coyote Dry Lake via Rodman Mountains
Petroglyphs, basalt, and a ghost-white playa.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Basin to Cloud Peak via Shell Canyon Road and Medicine Wheel
Sacred plateau, limestone gorge, Wyoming sky.