Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Gilgit — Karakoram Highway Pakistan High Corridor via Passu and Hunza Valley
World's highest paved border, straight down.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
California
ModerateMojave Road — Piute Spring to Mid Hills via Keystone Spring and Rock Springs Lake (Interior Segment)
Old Government Road through the desert's quiet heart.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Tombstone Highlands and Blackstone Plateau
Subarctic gravel, shale snot, and zero excuses.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lewisburg to Parsons via the Monongahela National Forest and Greenbrier River Highlands
East Coast dirt at its muddiest and most honest.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lordsburg to Hachita via Playas Valley and the Pyramid Mountains
New Mexico bootheel desert — flat, empty, and honest.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via the Pisgah National Forest Backdoor and Black Mountains
Pisgah clay, creek crossings, and Black Mountain skies.
Baja California Sur
ModerateTranspeninsularBaja Sur — Guerrero Negro to La Paz via Loreto and the Sierra de la Giganta Canyon Roads
A thousand miles of cactus, dust, and Cortez light.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Clifton Forge to Wytheville via the Virginia Highlands Connector
Virginia forest two-track where the pavement quits for days.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Oodnadatta to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Finke River Country
Old Ghan ghosts and artesian springs in Australia's dead heart.
Argentina
ModerateMeseta del Lago Buenos Aires — Perito Moreno to Los Antiguos via the Patagonian Wind Plateau (Ruta Provincial 43)
Wind, basalt, hand prints, and glacial turquoise.