Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Divide Road to South Fork Payette via Deadwood Ridge
Idaho granite ridges most overlanders never find.
Trail Type: Overland Route
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Big Sur via Santa Lucia Crest
The Santa Lucias' only coast-to-valley crossing.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Shell Creek Road and Medicine Lodge
10,000 years of history, zero crowds.
California
ModerateBradshaw Trail — Chiriaco Summit to Blythe via Mecca Hills Desert Crossing
1862 wagon road. Still earns respect.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn Mountains North Slope and Battle Park Road
The Bighorns' quiet north slope — all yours.
Idaho
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Challis via the White Cloud Peaks Backdoor and Patterson Creek
White Clouds without the permit lottery.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn Basin Rim and Red Gulch Road
Jurassic tracks and painted badlands, no guardrails.
California
ModerateMojave Road East — Government Holes to Piute Spring via Fort Piute Wash
Civil War ruins and desert petroglyphs.
USA
ModerateCentennial Road — Big Sandy Lodge Approach via New Fork Canyon
Wind River Range western gate. Ford required.
Arizona
ExpertNellis Wash to Pakoon Springs — Grand Canyon North Rim Volcanic Plateau
Arizona Strip solitude. No rescue coming.