Kenya
ExtremeMaasai Mara to Lake Turkana — Northern Kenya Wilderness Corridor via Baringo and the Suguta Valley
Kenya's hardest wilderness corridor, no shortcuts.
Feature: Water Crossings
Antofagasta Region
DifficultSalar de Atacama Desert Circuit — San Pedro de Atacama to Paso Sico via the Atacama Salt Flat and Puna Volcanoes
Salt, flamingos, and 6,000-metre volcanoes.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Classic Full Traverse, Wet Season Closed, Eastern Approach)
The Kimberley's 700 km red dirt masterpiece.
British Columbia
DifficultStikine River Road — Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek via the Grand Canyon of the Stikine
John Muir's 100-mile Yosemite. No tourists.
USA
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Addison to Waterville via the Monongahela Backcountry and Cranberry Wilderness Edge
Appalachian mud, ridgelines, and no signal.
Montana
DifficultMontana BDR Northern Segment — Eureka to Whitefish via the Whitefish Range and Stillwater River Divide
Hard against the Canadian border in real Montana wilderness.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Coyhaique to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor
Patagonia's impossible road. Built by conscripts.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Parsons to Addison via the Monongahela National Forest and Greenbrier Valley
TAT through WV's forgotten forest interior.
Arizona
DifficultTonto Basin Backcountry — Roosevelt Lake to Young via the Sierra Ancha and Hell’s Gate Wilderness Rim
Sierra Ancha backcountry — Arizona's forgotten canyon route.
Himachal Pradesh
ExpertRohtang Pass to Spiti Valley — Gramphoo to Kaza via Kunzum La and the Chandra River
Kunzum La or go home. It's that simple.