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.
Surface: Rock
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Quemado via the Mogollon Rim and Apache Creek Divide
Mogollon Rim backcountry at its most honest.
Argentina
ExpertCamino de los Seismiles — Paso Pircas Negras to Fiambalá via Ojos del Salado Approach
World's highest volcano on your doorstep. Respect it.
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.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (Classic West-to-East Crossing)
138 miles of desert history. No shortcuts.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles — Paso de San Francisco to Ojos del Salado Base Camp via the Atacama Volcano Corridor
Flanks of the world's highest volcano. No guardrails.
Oregon
DifficultOwyhee Uplands Backcountry — Rome to Jordan Valley via the Owyhee River Canyon Rim
The Oregon nobody talks about. All basalt and silence.
Morocco
ModeratePiste de Tafraout — Agadir to Tafraout via the Anti-Atlas Granite Valleys and Painted Rocks
Pink granite, painted boulders, Berber highlands.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Robbinsville via the Great Smoky Mountains Backdoor and Nantahala Gorge
The TAT bites hardest in the Carolina wet forest.