Antofagasta Region
ModeratePaso de Jama — San Pedro de Atacama to Susques via the Puna de Atacama High Desert Crossing
4,230m — where the Atacama meets the Puna.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Argentina
ModeratePaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Chilean Border via the Andes Volcanic Divide (Argentina Side)
Patagonia's loneliest Andean crossing.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Forgotten ridge roads and rhododendron tunnels.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Southern Namibian Canyon Desert
Africa's great canyon from the rim down.
Alberta
ModerateHighwood Pass Road — Kananaskis Country High Alpine Traverse via Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Canada's highest road. No guardrails. No crowds.
Alaska
ModerateChilkoot Pass Road — Skagway to the Yukon Interior via White Pass Summit
Gold Rush corridor. The pass still bites.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lewisburg to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Allegheny ridgelines, Civil War soil, zero crowds.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lordsburg to Silver City via the Burro Mountains
Boot heel New Mexico, no pavement required.
Montana
ModerateMontana BDR Southern Segment — Lima to Yellowstone Country via Red Rock Lakes and Centennial Valley
A hidden wildlife corridor the maps barely acknowledge.