Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hico to Ranger via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Flat, hot, thorny, and honest Texas two-track.
Surface: Mixed
Romania
ModerateTransfagarasan Highway — Curtea de Arges to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing (Full Traverse)
The road Ceaușescu built. The Carpathians own it.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Tonapah to Ely via the Nevada Basin and Range High Desert
Sierra Madre hidden above the Divide Basin.
Arizona
DifficultTonto Basin Backcountry — Roosevelt Lake to Young via the Sierra Ancha and Hell’s Gate Wilderness Rim
Sierra Ancha backcountry — Arizona's forgotten canyon route.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Quemado via the Mogollon Rim and Apache Creek Divide
Mogollon Rim backcountry at its most honest.
Nevada
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Tonapah to Eureka via the Nevada Basin and Range High Desert
Nevada basin silence. Miles of it. All yours.
Himachal Pradesh
ExpertRohtang Pass to Spiti Valley — Gramphoo to Kaza via Kunzum La and the Chandra River
Kunzum La or go home. It's that simple.
California
ExpertRubicon Trail — El Dorado National Forest Full Traverse via Rubicon Springs
California granite that eats trucks for breakfast.
Argentina
ModerateTransafricaine Piste — Bangui to Bangassou via the Central African Republic Savannah Corridor
Patagonia unfiltered — wind, gravel, and silence.
Italy
ModeratePasso dello Gavia — Bormio to Ponte di Legno via the Gavia High Alpine Road
Narrower, grittier, and better than the Stelvio.