Oregon
DifficultSawmill Road to Sunflower Flat — Owyhee Canyonlands Desert Rim via Battle Creek
Owyhee canyon rims — isolation by the mile.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Range Divide to Macks Inn via Targhee Plateau Back Road
The only east-west range in the lower 48 — mostly ignored.
California
ModerateOnion Valley Road to Whitney Portal Backdoor — Owens Valley Eastern Sierra High Approach
6,200 feet of Eastern Sierra granite in 13 miles.
Colorado
ModerateLime Creek Road — San Juan Mountains Descent from Coal Bank Pass to Durango
San Juan shelf road without the Alpine Loop crowds.
New Mexico
ModeratePecos River Canyon Road — Santa Rosa to Puerto de Luna via the Canadian Escarpment
Spanish canyon gateway carved by the Pecos River.
Idaho
DifficultBunker Hill to Strawberry Creek — Hells Canyon Wilderness Rim via Imnaha Gorge
Basalt rim above North America's deepest gorge.
California
ModerateBowman Lake Road to Gold Run Creek — Plumas National Forest Northern Sierra Divide
Glacier lakes and gold-scarred granite above the Yuba.
Arizona
DifficultCentennial Wash Road to Harquahala Peak — Hassayampa Desert Basin High Traverse
Smithsonian ruins at 5,681 feet above the Sonoran floor.
Oregon
DifficultSawmill Road to Cornucopia Ghost Town — Wallowa Mountains Mining Spine via Pine Creek Canyon
Oregon's ghost town the canyon wants to keep.
Montana
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Range Divide Road to Elk Lake via Red Rock Pass
Grizzly country on the Continental Divide.