USA
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Addison to Waterville via the Monongahela Backcountry and Cranberry Wilderness Edge
Appalachian mud, ridgelines, and no signal.
Feature: Camping
Northern Cape
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Twee Rivieren to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Fossil riverbed. Real lions. No fence.
Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei Desert Circuit — Sesriem to Deadvlei and Hidden Vlei via the Namib Dune Sea
900-year-old dead trees in the world's oldest desert.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Labrador City to Happy Valley-Goose Bay via the Wilderness Plateau
530 km of boreal nothing. Bring two spares.
Montana
DifficultMontana BDR Northern Segment — Eureka to Whitefish via the Whitefish Range and Stillwater River Divide
Hard against the Canadian border in real Montana wilderness.
Andalusia
DifficultLobo Valley Road — Ronda to Benaoján via the Sierra de Grazalema Limestone Divide
Andalusia's hidden karst — past the tourist gorge.
Idaho
DifficultIdaho BDR Central Segment — Rogerson to Challis via the Snake River Plain and Lost River Range
Idaho's volcanic spine. Remote. No guardrails.
Tennessee
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Damascus to Waterville via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Blue Ridge on dirt. No guardrails, no tourists.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Coyhaique to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor
Patagonia's impossible road. Built by conscripts.
Libya
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Murzuq — Sebha to Ubari via the Fezzan Oasis Lakes and Sand Sea Gateway
Turquoise crater lakes buried in the Sahara.