North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Murphy via the Snowbird Mountain Connector
Snowbird ridges, creek crossings, and zero cell bars.
Feature: Remote
Romania
DifficultTransylvania Transbucegi — Sinaia to Padina via Babele and the Bucegi Plateau High Road
Limestone sphinxes and cloud-shrouded plateau high above Transylvania.
Agadez Region
ExtremePiste du Tenere South — Agadez to Dirkou via the Erg du Ténéré Desert Core
The Ténéré doesn't forgive mistakes.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Inner Canyon Circuit via Hardscrabble Hill and Murphy Hogback
100 miles of canyon bench. Zero margin for stupid.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Central Segment — Salida to Gunnison via Marshall Pass and Cochetopa Hills
Marshall Pass and big Gunnison Basin skies.
Ethiopia
ExpertSimien Mountains High Road — Debark to Ras Dashen Base Camp via the Ethiopian Roof Escarpment
Ethiopia's escarpment edge — geladas, cliffs, and sky.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Night Sky Variant, West-to-East Return)
140 miles of Mojave history and volcanic grit.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Wytheville to Hector via the New River Valley and Kanawha Divide
Coal country, creek crossings, no crowds.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Lago Verde — Aysén Highland Plateau via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia without the Instagram crowd.
Jamaica
ExpertGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed, Full Traverse)
The jungle that ate the British Army.