USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Wind River Basin Rim
Gros Ventre canyon — geology, history, and solitude.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Arizona
ModerateLonesome Highway — Hog Canyon Road to Paria Plateau via House Rock Valley
Vermilion Cliffs rim and bison country below.
Nevada
ModerateSheldon-Antelope Back Road — Soldier Meadows to Lahontan Valley via Black Rock Desert Rim
Black Rock playa and wild horse high desert.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Denio Junction to Pueblo Valley via the Oregon Desert Back Road
Eighty miles of Oregon desert with zero towns.
Colorado
ModerateLonesome Highway — Wet Mountains Crest to San Isabel via Ophir Creek and Greenwood Road
Colorado's quiet ridge run with Sangre views.
Colorado
ModerateWagonwheel Gap to Bristol Head — South Fork Rio Grande High Basin via Creede Backcountry
Bristol Head and silver ruins above the Rio Grande.
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Laramie Mountains Divide to Glendo via Friend Park Road and Esterbrook
Wyoming granite and pines with zero traffic.
Alaska
ModerateGold Creek Road to Hatcher Pass Summit — Talkeetna Mountains Alaska Subalpine Spine
Alaska high country above the treeline.
Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Palo Duro Canyon South Rim to Silverton via the Caprock Escarpment Back Road
Texas Panhandle breaks — nobody else out here.
USA
ModerateCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Cottonwood Circuit via Skutumpah Road
Clay, canyons, and zero margin for rain.