Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Central Segment — Globe to Payson via the Mazatzal Mountains and Tonto Rim
Mazatzal backcountry — rim rock and long views.
Surface: Gravel
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Segment — Safford to Nogales via the Pinaleno Mountains and Sky Islands
Sky Islands to the border — Arizona's wild south.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Ghat — In Guezzam to Ghat via the Algerian-Libyan Saharan Fringe
Central Sahara's loneliest border crossing.
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.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Abra del Acay — Salta to San Antonio de los Cobres via South America’s Highest National Road
Highest national road in South America. Earn it.
Agadez Region
ExpertPiste de Tahoua — Agadez to Tahoua via the Aïr Massif Southern Descent
Saharan piste where caravan routes still rule.
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.
Agadez Region
ExtremePiste du Tenere South — Agadez to Dirkou via the Erg du Ténéré Desert Core
The Ténéré doesn't forgive mistakes.