New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lordsburg to Hachita via Playas Valley and the Pyramid Mountains
New Mexico bootheel desert — flat, empty, and honest.
Surface: Gravel
Australia
ExpertFlinders Ranges — Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Ridge-Top Tour via Bararranna Gorge
Billion-year-old ridgeline with zero guardrails.
Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast — Ugab River Terraces to Brandberg Mountain via Damaraland Volcanic Plateau
Volcanic desert, rock art, and Africa's granite dome.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via the Pisgah National Forest Backdoor and Black Mountains
Pisgah clay, creek crossings, and Black Mountain skies.
Baja California Sur
ModerateTranspeninsularBaja Sur — Guerrero Negro to La Paz via Loreto and the Sierra de la Giganta Canyon Roads
A thousand miles of cactus, dust, and Cortez light.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Clifton Forge to Wytheville via the Virginia Highlands Connector
Virginia forest two-track where the pavement quits for days.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Naryn to Torugart Pass via Chatyr-Kul Lake
Roof of Kyrgyzstan — wind, ibex, and no easy way out.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Oodnadatta to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Finke River Country
Old Ghan ghosts and artesian springs in Australia's dead heart.
Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Kunene River Mouth to Serra Cafema via the Far Northern Namib Shore
End of the Earth. Angola on one side, the Atlantic on the other.
Argentina
ModerateMeseta del Lago Buenos Aires — Perito Moreno to Los Antiguos via the Patagonian Wind Plateau (Ruta Provincial 43)
Wind, basalt, hand prints, and glacial turquoise.