North Carolina
ModerateOphir Creek Road to Mount Pisgah — Uwharrie National Forest Red Clay Ridge Circuit
Red clay that eats unprepared rigs for lunch.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Hills to Red Rock Canyon via the Sheep Range Crest
Vegas's forgotten wilderness — no casinos, no crowds.
California
ModerateLonesome Highway — Copper Mountains Road to Amargosa Valley via Beatty Cutoff and Daylight Pass
Death Valley's back door through volcanic badlands.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Lost Creek Wilderness Road to Goose Creek via Rampart Range and Tarryall Mountains
Colorado's best Front Range ridge run.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hurricane Ridge — Olympic Peninsula High Country Circuit via Obstruction Point Road
Olympic's roughest road ends at the sky.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Flint Creek Valley via the Anaconda Range Bench
Big sky bench. Old copper country. No company.
Arizona
ModeratePinery Canyon Road — Chiricahua Mountains Sky Island Crest via Onion Saddle
Sky Island spine. Jaguar country. Zero crowds.
Oregon
ModerateSawmill Road to Breakneck Meadow — Siskiyou Mountains High Divide via Grayback Mountain
Siskiyou ridgeline. Elk. No cell service.
California
ModerateCoyote Canyon Road — Anza-Borrego Desert Spring Run via Collins Valley
Desert creek crossings through Anza's old canyon.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Siskiyou Crest Road to Ashland via Mount Ashland Spine
Two states, one crest, zero crowds.