New Zealand
DifficultRooftop of New Zealand — Lewis Pass to Hanmer Springs via the St. James Walkway High Country
Tussock, river fords, and the ghost of St. James.
Feature: Historic
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pie Town to Quemado via the Continental Divide Grassland Corridor
High desert two-track across the New Mexico Divide.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via the Gibson Desert Central Corridor
Loneliest corridor on Earth's longest stock route.
Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg White Lady — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab Terraces and Uis
Skeleton Coast to Africa's tallest Namibian peak.
British Columbia
DifficultChilcotin Plateau War Road — Williams Lake to Bella Coola via the Chilcotin Highway and Freedom Road Descent
Built by settlers with dynamite. Still scares people.
Erongo Region
DifficultNamib Desert Welwitschia to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab River Terraces
Ancient plants, black lava, red granite giant.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Piute Valley to Searchlight via Mojave Desert Southern Flank
Southern Mojave wash country. No crowds. No margin.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Montagu Pass — Western Cape Mountain Traverse via George
1847 convict-built pass. Stone bridges. No crowds.
Araucanía Region
DifficultRuta del Volcán — Villarrica Traverse via Curarrehue and Paso Mamuil Malal
Live volcano, river fords, Andean border grit.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.