Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Alichur Plateau (M41 High Segment)
4,200 meters and an Afghan border river at your elbow.
Feature: Camping
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Lewisburg via the Ozark Plateau and Kentucky Highlands
Ozark clay to Appalachian ridgelines — the TAT's forgotten middle.
Alaska
ExpertTatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Road — Haines to Dry Bay via Dalton Post and the Alsek River Corridor (Full Classic Traverse)
Glacier rivers, grizzlies, and no way out.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via Pisgah National Forest and Black Mountains
Appalachian hardwood doubletrack at its finest.
Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi Est — Fada to Wour via the Eastern Ennedi Massif and Bisset Canyon
Africa's most remote sandstone cathedral.
Chad
ExtremePiste du Tibesti Nord — Zouar to Bardaï via the Tibesti Volcanic Massif Northern Approach
Africa's highest volcano. Zero company.
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeKolyma Highway — Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (R504 Full Traverse)
The Road of Bones. Earned, never given.
Agadez Region
ExpertPiste de l’Aïr — Iférouane to Timia Oasis via the Aïr Massif Northern Volcanic Plateau
Tuareg oasis route through volcanic Sahara.
Colorado
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silverton to Durango via the La Plata Mountains and Missionary Ridge Burn Scar
Ghost towns, burn scars, and San Juan shelf roads.
New Zealand
DifficultRooftop of New Zealand — Lewis Pass to Springs Junction via the Lake Sumner Forest Park High Road
South Island rivers that vote with depth.