Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Hico via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads and limestone creek beds.
Feature: Water Crossings
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.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hico to Meridian via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads the GPS forgot.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Virginia Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny solitude on the TAT's quietest stretch.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Heber Springs to Bee Branch via the Ozark National Forest River Highlands
Ozark clay and creek crossings, no services, no problem.
Argentina
ExpertPaso San Francisco — Fiambalá to Paso San Francisco via the Puna de Atacama Volcanic Corridor
Volcanoes, altitude, and no way back easily.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Murphy via the Unicoi Mountain Divide
The TAT's Appalachian teeth — bring a winch.
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultManali–Leh Highway — Manali to Leh via Rohtang Pass, Baralacha La, and Tanglang La
Five passes. Four months. Zero margin for error.
Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi — Fada to Archei Guelta via the Ennedi Massif Rock Art Circuit
Prehistoric art and desert crocs. No safety net.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Heber Springs to Gilbert via the Ozark Highland Interior
Ozark ridges and Buffalo River bottoms — TAT classics.