Arizona
DifficultTonto Basin Backcountry — Roosevelt Lake to Young via the Sierra Ancha and Hell’s Gate Wilderness Rim
Sierra Ancha backcountry — Arizona's forgotten canyon route.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Italy
DifficultPasso del Mortirolo — Mazzo di Valtellina to Monno via the Italian Alpine Wall
The pass that broke Pantani. It'll humble your rig.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Quemado via the Mogollon Rim and Apache Creek Divide
Mogollon Rim backcountry at its most honest.
Oregon
DifficultOwyhee Uplands Backcountry — Rome to Jordan Valley via the Owyhee River Canyon Rim
The Oregon nobody talks about. All basalt and silence.
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Springbokwasser — Damaraland Coastal Desert Drive
Permit-only desert coast where ships come to die.
USA
DifficultMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Full Run)
Absarokas, grizzlies, and Togwotee in your mirror.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Robbinsville via the Great Smoky Mountains Backdoor and Nantahala Gorge
The TAT bites hardest in the Carolina wet forest.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Futaleufú — Carretera Austral Frontier Crossing via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia's back roads bite — bring recovery gear.
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Moriri — Korzok High Altitude Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
4,500m. No guardrails. One sacred lake.
India
DifficultLeh to Khardung La and Nubra Valley — Northern Ladakh High Desert via Khardung Village
5,359 metres. Camels below. Glaciers above.