Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Norte — Cafayate to Cachi via the Calchaquí Valley High Road
The real Ruta 40. Dirt, altitude, zero traffic.
Surface: Gravel
Morocco
DifficultPiste du Dades — Boumalne Dades to Msemrir via the Dades Gorge and High Atlas Plateau
Past the tourist switchbacks, the real Dades begins.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Bee Branch to Gilbert via the Ozark National Forest River Valleys
Ozark dirt, the Buffalo River, and no traffic.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Gilbert to Heber Springs via the Ozark National Forest Interior
Ozark two-track the way Correro drew it.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Hico via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads and limestone creek beds.
New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Alpine via the Gila Wilderness High Divide
Geronimo's country, America's first wilderness, zero cell bars.
Algeria
ExpertPiste de Timimoun — Adrar to Timimoun via the Grand Erg Occidental Red Oasis Corridor
Red oasis cities and a sand sea that swallows tracks whole.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hico to Meridian via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads the GPS forgot.
Morocco
ExpertPiste de l’Erg Chebbi Sud — Merzouga to M’Hamid via the Saharan Dune Corridor and Draa Valley
Real Sahara. No tourist camps past this point.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Segment — Nogales to Safford via the Sky Islands and Pinaleno Mountains
Desert floor to alpine spruce — the Sky Islands in one run.