USA
ModerateParia River Canyon Rim Road — Skutumpah to Cannonville via Bull Valley Gorge
A drowned truck, canyon rims, and zero cell bars.
Trail Type: Overland Route
California
ModerateFlume Trail — Lake Tahoe East Shore Historic Water Route
Tahoe from above, the way the miners saw it.
USA
ModerateCougar Canyon to Poverty Flat Road — San Rafael Swell Northeast Rim Run
The Swell's quiet northeast edge, raw and empty.
USA
ModeratePony Express Trail — Simpson Springs to Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Riding the original 1860 mail route into nowhere.
USA
ModeratePaiute ATV Trail — Fremont Indian Country to Fish Lake Plateau
900-mile Utah plateau country above 10k feet.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Wash Road — San Rafael Reef to Sinbad Country via Temple Mountain
Uranium ghost camps and sandstone silence.
Oregon
ModerateWinter Rim Road — Summer Lake to Abert Rim via Oregon Outback Escarpment
Oregon's sharpest edge above a silent alkali sea.
Oregon
EasyCascade-Lakes Highway Backcountry Spur — Waldo Lake to Willamette Pass via USFS Road 5897
Crystal lake, pumice flats, and old-growth Cascades solitude.
USA
ModerateWedge Overlook and San Rafael Swell Backcountry — Mexican Mountain Road
Swell country river road with zero crowds.
Oregon
ModerateDiamond Lake to Crater Lake North Rim — North Cascades High Road Circuit
Crater Lake's wild north rim. No guardrails.