Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Serra Cafema to Marienfluss Valley via Hartmann Valley and Kunene River Sand Road
Kaokoland's hardest loop. No half measures.
Surface: Dirt
Bolivia
DifficultRooftop of Bolivia — Salar de Coipasa to Sajama via the Bolivian Altiplano Volcanic Circuit
Bolivia's forgotten salt flat and a perfect volcano.
Ethiopia
DifficultOmo Valley Wilderness Track — Jinka to Turmi via the Omo River Corridor and Mago National Park Fringe (South Ethiopia Classic)
Tribal Ethiopia on corrugated laterite.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Alichur Plateau (M41 High Segment)
4,200 meters and an Afghan border river at your elbow.
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Lewisburg via the Ozark Plateau and Kentucky Highlands
Ozark clay to Appalachian ridgelines — the TAT's forgotten middle.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via Pisgah National Forest and Black Mountains
Appalachian hardwood doubletrack at its finest.
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeKolyma Highway — Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (R504 Full Traverse)
The Road of Bones. Earned, never given.
Colorado
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silverton to Durango via the La Plata Mountains and Missionary Ridge Burn Scar
Ghost towns, burn scars, and San Juan shelf roads.
New Zealand
DifficultRooftop of New Zealand — Lewis Pass to Springs Junction via the Lake Sumner Forest Park High Road
South Island rivers that vote with depth.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Far North — Susques to La Quiaca via the Puna de Jujuy and Bolivian Border
Puna silence at 3,600 metres — earn every km.