Arkansas
DifficultGlade Creek Road to Brushy Lake — Ouachita National Forest Wilderness Rim via Big Fork Ridge
Red clay ridges and creek bottoms nobody bothers.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Oregon
ModerateGrave Creek Road to Bear Camp — Rogue River-Siskiyou High Divide via Galice Ridge
The ridge road that earned its reputation the hard way.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Paria River Crossing
Two canyons, a river crossing, and nobody watching.
USA
DifficultCottonwood Road to Hite Crossing — Glen Canyon Desert Bench via Dirty Devil River Canyon
Where the reservoir retreats and the desert remembers.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor
Lost River to Salmon country — no crowds, no signal.
Arizona
ModeratePicketpost Mountain Road to Hewitt Station
Ghost ranch country baking in the Arizona desert.
Colorado
ModerateRimrocker Trail
Moab to Montrose — real cross-country overlanding.
Colorado
ModerateCentennial Road to South Rim of the Black Canyon — Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Rim via Peach Valley
Rim access to the gorge they forgot to fence off.
Arizona
EasyGunsight Butte Road to Lee’s Ferry — Marble Canyon Rim to Colorado River via House Rock Valley
The only road to the top of the Grand Canyon's river.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hole-in-the-Rock — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Dance Hall Rock
Where pioneers blasted a road through solid rock.