Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Eksteenfontein to Sanddrift — Orange River Desert Canyon Rim via Helskloof Pass and Groot Derm
'Hell's Gorge' into Africa's river canyon.
Difficulty: Expert
Level 4
California
ExpertRubicon Trail — Georgetown to Loon Lake via Rubicon Springs and Buck Island Lake (Classic West-to-East Full Traverse)
California's hardest trail. No exceptions.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ExpertDeosai National Park High Crossing — Skardu to Astore via Sheosar Lake and Bara Pani Ford (Summer Traverse)
4,000 metres of nothing but sky and brown bears.
Alaska
ExpertTatshenshini River Road — Haines to Dry Bay via Dalton Post and the Alsek River Wilderness (Inner Corridor Traverse)
Gulf of Alaska or bust — no bail-outs.
Argentina
ExpertPaso Abra del Acay — Cachi to San Antonio de los Cobres via South America’s Highest National Road (Northbound High Desert Run)
South America's highest national road. No guardrails, no mercy.
Arizona
ExpertTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Reserve via the Blue Range Mogollon High Divide
Blue Range wilds. No guardrails, no signal.
Morocco
ExpertToubkal High Atlas Piste — Imlil to Lac d’Ifni via Tizi n’Ouanoums and the Toubkal Cirque Approach
Berber mule tracks to North Africa's alpine heart.
Namibia
ExpertNamib Desert Welwitschia Plains to Messum Crater — Erongo Volcanic Desert Traverse
Volcanic crater. Zero people. Real Namib.
Idaho
ExpertLolo Motorway — Nez Perce Trail from Lowell to Powell via FR 500 Full Traverse
Lewis and Clark's ridgeline. Still brutal.
India
ExpertZoji La Winter Approach — Sonamarg to Drass via the Kashmir High Pass
The Himalaya's most unforgiving gatekeeper.