Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Silverton via the Uncompahgre Wilderness Edge
San Juan solitude while everyone else rides 550.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.
Idaho
ModerateYankee Fork Gold Dredge Road — Custer to Jordan Creek via Salmon River Mountains
Ghost dredge, shale shelves, and Idaho high country.
California
ModerateGold Bug Road to Hungry Valley — Los Padres Backcountry Desert Bench via Lockwood Valley
From high desert pine to canyon floor — the hard way.
California
ModerateTrans-Catalina Trail Road — Big Bear Lake to Baldwin Lake via Gold Mountain
Mining ridgeline above Big Bear nobody talks about.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Rio Puerco to Sky Village via Cabezon Peak Road
A volcanic badlands run to New Mexico's broken tooth.
Arizona
ModerateSawmill Road to Crown King — Bradshaw Mountains Mining Spine via Senator Highway
Arizona mining history — the hard way up.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jakes Creek Divide to Coeur d’Alene River via Bumblebee Road and St. Maries Bench
Idaho Panhandle timber bench — no crowd, no signal.
USA
ModerateGunsight Pass Road — Wind River Range Wilderness Edge via Big Sandy Desert
Wyoming granite, sagebrush, and silence.
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Kiabab Plateau Rim to Fire Point via North Rim Backcountry Drive
The Grand Canyon rim nobody knows about.