New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants to Silver City via the Gila National Forest and Continental Divide Dirt Corridor (New Mexico Full Segment)
New Mexico empty. No pavement, no people.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Norway
ModerateGimsøy to Å — Lofoten Islands E10 Coastal Mountain Road via Vestvågøy and Moskenesøya (Full Traverse)
Where the road ends at the Arctic sea.
Colorado
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Telluride to Moab via Paradox Valley and Gateway (Colorado–Utah Canyon Connector)
San Juan high country to canyon desert on pure dirt.
Andalusia
ModerateTransibérica Off-Road — Miranda do Douro to Ronda via the Iberian Interior Wilderness (Full Peninsula Overland Traverse)
Iberia edge to edge, the way it used to be crossed.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Soda Dry Lake
Lava, salt flats, and a Civil War–era ruin.
USA
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Tombstone Highlands and Blackstone Plateau (Southbound Return Segment)
Sierra Madre dirt, basin antelope, zero cell bars.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk via the Mackenzie Delta Arctic Shore
Gravel to the Arctic Ocean — no excuses left.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell River to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Interior Track via Tow Hill
Ancient islands, basalt shores, and zero traffic.
Texas
ModerateBig Bend Backcountry — River Road East from Rio Grande Village to La Linda (Old Mexico Border Road)
51 miles of Rio Grande desert with zero bailouts.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Extreme Far South — Río Turbio to Río Gallegos via the Patagonian Steppe Wind Corridor
Wind, steppe, and the bottom of the world.