USA
ModerateTatman Mountain Road — Bighorn Basin Rim to Meeteetse via the Greybull River Benchlands
Bentonite badlands bench above the Greybull River.
Trail Type: Backcountry
USA
ModerateSugarloaf Mountain Road to Spruce Knob — Monongahela High Country Circuit via Gandy Creek
West Virginia's rooftop on forest roads.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico Plains — Cherokee National Forest High Road via Unicoi Mountains
Unicoi ridge run with a waterfall chaser.
California
ModerateNacimiento Road to Pozo — Los Padres Backcountry Spine via Cuyama Valley Divide
Cold beer at Pozo. Hard miles to earn it.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Muddy Gap to Split Rock via the Sweetwater River Emigrant Road
Oregon Trail ruts, Devil's Gate, Split Rock. The real thing.
Oregon
ModerateMalheur River Road — Drewsey to Beulah Reservoir via the Malheur Canyon Desert Gorge
Oregon's forgotten basalt gorge. No crowd. No service.
Tennessee
DifficultWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy — Big South Fork Rim Circuit via Station Camp Creek
Sandstone gorges and forgotten homesteads.
Idaho
DifficultMagruder Road Connector — Nez Perce to Bitterroot via Elk Summit and the Selway Divide
100 miles of wilderness road. No services. No excuses.
Colorado
ModerateHalfmoon Road to Champion Mill — Sawatch Range Timberline Circuit via Twin Lakes
Between Colorado's two tallest peaks.
USA
ModerateRimrock Lake to Tieton River Gorge — Wenatchee High Divide Backcountry Road
Dry-side Cascades ridgeline above the Tieton canyon.