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.
Trail Type: Overland Route
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hole-in-the-Rock — Grand Staircase Desert Bench via Dance Hall Rock
Where pioneers blasted a road through solid rock.
Colorado
ModerateOwl Creek Pass Road — Ridgway to Silverton via the Uncompahgre Wilderness Edge
San Juan solitude while everyone else rides 550.
Idaho
ModerateYankee Fork Gold Dredge Road — Custer to Jordan Creek via Salmon River Mountains
Ghost dredge, shale shelves, and Idaho high country.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Lanfair Valley and Government Holes
138 miles of Mojave history and consequence.
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.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Bighorn Mountains West Slope to Trapper Creek via the Medicine Lodge Divide
Rock art, canyon walls, and nobody behind you.
Montana
ModerateLonesome Highway — Gravelly Range Road to Hilgard Peak via the Madison Valley Rim
Montana ridge road with Hilgard staring back at you all day.