USA
ModerateSawmill Road to Gros Ventre Slide — Kelly Warm Spring to Red Hills via Gros Ventre River Road
A landslide scar, red hills, and Teton solitude.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Idaho
DifficultLolo Motorway — Lewis and Clark Trail from Lolo Pass to Weippe via FR 500
Lewis and Clark's ridge road — still wild.
Arkansas
DifficultSawmill Road to Hells Hole — Ouachita National Forest Fourche Mountain Divide via Rich Mountain Road
Arkansas clay ridge — no crowds, no mercy.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Garnet Ghost Town Road to Bearmouth via the Clark Fork River Bench
Montana's best ghost town, earned not given.
Colorado
ModerateOuray County Road 26 — Owl Creek Pass to Cimarron via the Uncompahgre Canyon Rim
Ute pass, volcanic ridge, zero crowds.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Nowater Creek and the Red Wall Bench
Red walls, dry creek beds, and Wyoming's big empty.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Cisco Desert Road to Westwater Canyon Rim via Bitter Creek and I-70 Frontage
Ghost town to canyon rim across Utah's forgotten desert.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Escalante River Road to Hole-in-the-Rock via Fifty Mile Bench and Dance Hall Rock
Mormon pioneers. Wagons lowered by rope. You drive it.
Kentucky
ModerateGlade Road to Turkeyfoot Ridge — Daniel Boone National Forest Red River Gorge Backdoor via Tunnel Ridge Road
Sandstone rim driving above the Red River Gorge.
Oregon
ModerateLakeview to Plush — Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge Desert Crossing via Warner Valley
Free hot springs, pronghorn, and zero crowds.