Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Central Segment — Globe to Payson via the Mazatzal Mountains and Tonto Rim
Mazatzal backcountry — rim rock and long views.
Surface: Dirt
Bolivia
ExpertCamino de la Muerte South — Yolosa to Unduavi via the South Yungas Death Road
600m drops. No barriers. No room for error.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Segment — Safford to Nogales via the Pinaleno Mountains and Sky Islands
Sky Islands to the border — Arizona's wild south.
New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Reserve via the Mogollon Mountains High Divide
Mogollon ghosts, Gila pines, zero cell service.
Costa Rica
ExpertRuta de los Conquistadores — Puerto Limón to Puntarenas via the Costa Rican Mountain Spine
Caribbean to Pacific. Jungle, altitude, mud, repeat.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Alpine to Lordsburg via the New Mexico High Desert Divide
Gila desert tracks and border country silence.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Northern Segment — Fredonia to Jacob Lake via the Arizona Strip High Plateau
The loneliest plateau in the lower 48.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau (Full Traverse)
Gravel, tundra, and the Arctic Circle.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Murphy via the Snowbird Mountain Connector
Snowbird ridges, creek crossings, and zero cell bars.
Romania
DifficultTransylvania Transbucegi — Sinaia to Padina via Babele and the Bucegi Plateau High Road
Limestone sphinxes and cloud-shrouded plateau high above Transylvania.