Montana
DifficultSawmill Road to Montezuma Mine — Custer National Forest Pryor Mountain Rim via Sage Creek Basin
Wild horses, Bighorn rimrock, and ghost mine ruins.
Surface: Mixed
USA
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Divide Road to Encampment via Sierra Madre High Country
Sierra Madre's forgotten Continental Divide run.
South Carolina
ModerateSwamp Fox Road to Bear Island — Francis Marion National Forest Lowcountry Pinelands Circuit
Blackwater swamps and longleaf silence in coastal SC.
Oklahoma
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Cimarron to Black Mesa via the Kenton Backdoor
Oklahoma's forgotten corner, higher than you think.
USA
DifficultCoyote Gulch to Hackberry Canyon — Grand Staircase Cottonwood Circuit via Grosvenor Arch
Clay, narrows, and a double-arch in the void.
Africa
DifficultNamib Naukluft Park Central Desert Circuit
Oldest desert. No mercy. All reward.
Africa
ExtremePiste du Tanezrouft — Mali–Algeria Desert Corridor
650km of Sahara. No landmarks. No mercy.
Africa
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier 4×4 Route
Lunar desert. Zero mercy. Zero cell service.
Africa
ModerateLewa Wildlife Conservancy Bush Track
Rhino country. Black cotton. No mercy in the rains.
Africa
ExtremePiste de l’Hoggar — Tamanrasset to Djanet Trans-Saharan Track
The Sahara's most unforgiving desert crossing.