Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench and Harpers Corner
Canyon drama, wet clay, and a river confluence.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Idaho
DifficultHells Canyon Rim Road — Pittsburg Landing to Hat Point Lookout via Imnaha
Deepest gorge in North America. Earn the view.
USA
ModerateGlacier Lake Road to Beartooth Plateau — Island Lake High Country via Top of the World Store
Top of the World, bottom of your tire pressure.
USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Comb Wash Trailhead — San Juan County Desert Spine via Butler Wash and Recapture Pocket
Comb Ridge's base road through Anasazi canyon country.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Alpine via the Coronado Trail High Spine
460 curves. Zero shortcuts. Pure mountain.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico River — Cherokee National Forest Canyon Road via Bald River Falls
A waterfall ambush on every bend.
Arkansas
ModerateSawmill Road to Rich Mountain Fire Tower — Ouachita High Divide Via Fourche Mountain Ridge
CCC fire tower and Ouachita ridge views into Oklahoma.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest South Fork and Paintrock Creek Divide
Wyoming's red wall country from basin floor to divide.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Ely via the White Pine Range and Butte Valley Desert Floor
Great Basin back roads with almost no one on them.
Montana
DifficultForest Road 26 to Lamar River Valley — Yellowstone’s Northeast Backdoor via Cooke City and Republic Pass
Yellowstone's wolf country from the hard side.