Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Telluride via the Cimarron Range Back Door
Telluride's forgotten back-door pass.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
ModerateSlickrock Trail to Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
Sandstone buttes towering over canyon country.
Montana
ModerateGarnet Ghost Town Road — Drummond to Garnet via the Blackfoot River Benchlands
Gold rush ruins at the end of a Montana dirt road.
USA
ModerateBattle Pass Road — Sierra Madre Divide Between Encampment and Baggs
Sierra Madre divide on a road nobody runs.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Poleta Canyon — White Mountain Desert Transition Bench
High bench, limestone canyon, zero crowds.
Nevada
ModerateGold Butte National Monument Loop — Whitney Pocket to Lime Canyon via Devil’s Throat
A sinkhole, petroglyphs, and zero guardrails.
Arizona
ModerateCoyote Buttes South — Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch Wilderness Trailhead Road
Sand, slots, and solitude on the Vermilion edge.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Frank Church to Salmon River via Corn Creek Road
Deepest wilderness access road in the Lower 48.
USA
ModerateLaramie Peak Road — Esterbrook to Friend Park via the Laramie Range Crest
Wyoming's oldest peaks. Zero crowds. Real granite.
Nevada
EasyReese River Valley Road — Austin to Kingston Canyon via Toiyabe Range East Flank
Silver ghosts and mustangs in Nevada's forgotten valley.