California
ExpertRubicon Trail — El Dorado National Forest Full Traverse via Rubicon Springs
California granite that eats trucks for breakfast.
Feature: Water Crossings
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Seneca to Parsons via the Monongahela National Forest High Divide
Appalachian backcountry the parkway crowds never find.
Oregon
DifficultOwyhee Uplands Backcountry — Rome to Jordan Valley via the Owyhee River Canyon Rim
The Oregon nobody talks about. All basalt and silence.
Argentina
ModerateTransandino del Sur — Bariloche to Puerto Montt via Paso Pérez Rosales and Todos los Santos Lake
Volcanoes, ferries, and two Patagonian national parks.
Tanzania
ExtremeMoyowosi–Kigosi Game Reserve Track — Tabora to Uvinza via the Western Tanzania Miombo Wilderness
Western Tanzania's loneliest road through lion country.
Morocco
ModeratePiste de Tafraout — Agadir to Tafraout via the Anti-Atlas Granite Valleys and Painted Rocks
Pink granite, painted boulders, Berber highlands.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Robbinsville via the Great Smoky Mountains Backdoor and Nantahala Gorge
The TAT bites hardest in the Carolina wet forest.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Futaleufú — Carretera Austral Frontier Crossing via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia's back roads bite — bring recovery gear.
California
ModerateMontaña de Oro Bluff Trail and Islay Creek Road — San Luis Obispo Coast Backcountry via Valencia Peak
Pacific cliffs, creek crossings, zero crowds.
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Moriri — Korzok High Altitude Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
4,500m. No guardrails. One sacred lake.