Oklahoma
DifficultLonesome Pine Road — Ouachita National Forest to Potato Hills via Big Cedar Divide
Oklahoma ridge roads nobody talks about.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Colorado
DifficultWeminuche Wilderness Trailhead Road — Vallecito Creek to Emerald Lake via Pine River Canyon
Canyon crossings into Colorado's biggest wild.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Country
13,114 feet of San Juan shelf road.
California
ModerateJawbone Canyon to Dove Springs — El Paso Mountains Desert Spine
Mojave grit. El Paso ridgelines. Zero crowds.
USA
DifficultComb Wash to Arch Canyon — Cedar Mesa Tributary Canyon Rim Run
Ruins, sandstone, and solitude in Bears Ears.
Arizona
DifficultCreosote Canyon to Painted Rock — Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Desert Interior Loop
Volcanic fangs and Arizona's only native palms.
California
DifficultKellys Grade to Borrego Springs — Pinyon Ridge Desert Divide
3,000 feet of desert gravity on loose dirt.
USA
ModerateSlickrock Trail to Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
Sandstone buttes towering over canyon country.
Arizona
DifficultBradshaw Road to Crown King
Mining road to a mile-high Arizona saloon.
California
DifficultCoyote Flat to Poleta Canyon — White Mountain Desert Transition Bench
High bench, limestone canyon, zero crowds.