Idaho
DifficultIdaho BDR Northern Segment — Coeur d’Alene to Lowell via the St. Joe River and Selway Corridor
St. Joe River to Selway — Idaho at its most honest.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
USA
DifficultUtah BDR Central Segment — Salina to Hanksville via the San Rafael Swell and Factory Butte
Canyon country, a river ford, and alien badlands.
Algeria
DifficultPiste de l’Atakor Nord — Tamanrasset to Assekrem via the Northern Hoggar Plateau Approach
A dead volcano, a hermit's chapel, and the whole Sahara below.
Alaska
DifficultCrow Pass Trail Road — Girdwood to Eagle River via the Chugach Mountain High Route
Glaciers, a ghost mine, and a river that'll soak you.
China
DifficultSichuan–Tibet Highway — Chengdu to Lhasa via the G318 High Altitude Corridor
The highest overland highway on the planet.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Alpine via the Mogollon Rim and Blue River Canyon
Blue River canyons, copper ghosts, Mogollon edge.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Central — Malargüe to Barrancas via the Patagonian Volcanic Steppe
Lava fields, guanacos, and Patagonian wind.
Morocco
DifficultPiste du Dades — Boumalne Dades to Msemrir via the Dades Gorge and High Atlas Plateau
Past the tourist switchbacks, the real Dades begins.
New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Alpine via the Gila Wilderness High Divide
Geronimo's country, America's first wilderness, zero cell bars.
Tajikistan
DifficultZulümart Pass to Murghab — Pamir Highway High Plateau via Karakul Lake (M41)
The Roof of the World — Karakul to Murghab above 4,000 m.