USA
ModerateWedge Overlook Road — San Rafael Swell North Rim via Fuller Bottom
Utah's Little Grand Canyon — no crowds, no fee.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Montana
EasyGunsight Pass to Ptarmigan Tunnel — Many Glacier Remote Valley Drive via Swiftcurrent Ridge
Grizzly country and glaciers at road's end.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Guadalupe Mountains Back Road to Dog Canyon via Salt Basin Overlook
Salt Basin flats and the Guadalupe's forgotten north face.
California
ModerateNacimiento-Ferguson Road — Coast Range Divide to Big Sur via Santa Lucia Crest
The Santa Lucias' only coast-to-valley crossing.
USA
EasyLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest Medicine Wheel Road
Sacred stone wheel at 10,000 feet. Drive it slow.
Colorado
DifficultRollins Pass Road
Old railroad grade. New altitude problem.
Colorado
ModerateOuray County Road 26 — Owl Creek Pass to Cimarron via the Uncompahgre Canyon Rim
Ute pass, volcanic ridge, zero crowds.
USA
ModerateSwamp Canyon Road to Kodachrome Basin — Grand Staircase Rim to Chimney Rock Desert Circuit
Stone spires and slickrock where no pavement goes.
Texas
ModerateLonesome Highway — Palo Duro Canyon West Rim to Lighthouse Rock via Alternate Trail Road
Texas's Grand Canyon from the bottom up.
California
ModerateSawmill Road to Kern River Headwaters — Sequoia National Forest High Country Spine via Sherman Pass
Southern Sierra's forgotten high crossing.