Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Central — Malargüe to Barrancas via the Patagonian Volcanic Steppe
Lava fields, guanacos, and Patagonian wind.
Feature: Remote
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lordsburg to Silver City via the New Mexico Boot Heel Divide
Geronimo country. Cattle gates. Zero cell signal.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Norte — Cafayate to Cachi via the Calchaquí Valley High Road
The real Ruta 40. Dirt, altitude, zero traffic.
Morocco
DifficultPiste du Dades — Boumalne Dades to Msemrir via the Dades Gorge and High Atlas Plateau
Past the tourist switchbacks, the real Dades begins.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Bee Branch to Gilbert via the Ozark National Forest River Valleys
Ozark dirt, the Buffalo River, and no traffic.
Mauritania
ExtremePiste de Tichit-Oualata — Tichit to Oualata via the Aoukar Depression Ancient Caravan Road
Two UNESCO ghost cities. Zero margin for error.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Gilbert to Heber Springs via the Ozark National Forest Interior
Ozark two-track the way Correro drew it.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Hico via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads and limestone creek beds.
Libya
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Murzuq — Germa to Umm al-Maa via the Fezzan Oasis Lakes and Sand Sea
Garamantian ruins to lost desert lakes.
New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Alpine via the Gila Wilderness High Divide
Geronimo's country, America's first wilderness, zero cell bars.