Alaska
DifficultCrow Pass Trail Road — Girdwood to Eagle River via the Chugach Mountain High Route
Glaciers, a ghost mine, and a river that'll soak you.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Tennessee
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Tellico Plains to Hector via the Cherokee National Forest and Unicoi Mountains
River crossings, ridge views, and no cell signal.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Chech Ouest — Tindouf to Bordj Badji Mokhtar via the Erg Chech Western Corridor
An unmapped sand sea. Bring everything or don't go.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Central Segment — Gunnison to Salida via Cochetopa Hills and Marshall Pass
Old railbed, aspen groves, and 10,800-foot silence.
Aysén Region
ExpertPaso Vergara to Lago General Carrera via Villa O’Higgins — Carretera Austral Remote Southern Terminus
Patagonia's hardest road. No arguing it.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lordsburg to Silver City via the New Mexico Boot Heel Divide
Geronimo country. Cattle gates. Zero cell signal.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Bee Branch to Gilbert via the Ozark National Forest River Valleys
Ozark dirt, the Buffalo River, and no traffic.
Mauritania
ExtremePiste de Tichit-Oualata — Tichit to Oualata via the Aoukar Depression Ancient Caravan Road
Two UNESCO ghost cities. Zero margin for error.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Gilbert to Heber Springs via the Ozark National Forest Interior
Ozark two-track the way Correro drew it.
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.