Oregon
ModerateOregon BDR Northern Segment — Lakeview to Burns via the Warner Valley and Steens Mountain High Desert
Hart Mountain, Steens, and the Alvord at your feet.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pie Town to Quemado via the Continental Divide Grassland Corridor
High desert two-track across the New Mexico Divide.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Montagu Pass — Western Cape Mountain Traverse via George
1847 convict-built pass. Stone bridges. No crowds.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East-to-West Classic Crossing)
The Army's old Mojave crossing. Still dirt.
Japan
ModerateTateyama Kurobe Alpine Route — Nagano to Toyama via the Northern Japan Alps High Crossing
Japan's 20-meter snow walls in late spring.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Walden to Steamboat Springs via Zirkel Wilderness and Hahns Peak
Elk country above treeline, no crowds.
Hardap Region
ModerateNaukluft–Tsaris Pass Desert High Crossing — Solitaire to Büllsport via the Hardap Plateau Spine
Tsaris Pass: Namibia's forgotten high crossing.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Extreme South — El Chaltén to Tres Lagos via the Patagonian Steppe Wind Corridor
Ruta 40 raw — wind, ripio, and no mercy.
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Clifton Forge via the Ozark Plateau and Missouri Highlands
TAT's quiet heartland: Ozark dirt to Allegheny rock.
Peru
ModerateMedio Mundo Road — Huacho to Churín via the Huaura River Canyon and Andean Foothills
Canyon shelf road to Peru's thermal oasis.