Australia
ModerateSavannah Way — Cairns to Broome via the Gulf Country and Kimberley Outback
Coast to coast on Australia's wild northern corridor.
Trail Type: Backcountry
British Columbia
DifficultTatlow Road to Chilcotin Plateau — Chilcotin Wilderness High Road via Big Creek Provincial Park
Chilcotin canyon country, almost zero company.
Botswana
ExpertTrans-Kalahari Crossing — Ghanzi to Rakops via Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Deep Kalahari sand, lions on the pan, zero backup.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Inner Canyon Circuit
The canyon country loop that defines the Southwest.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Damascus via the North Carolina High Country
Where the TAT earns its dirt — deep Appalachia.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Beatty via Lida Valley and Bare Mountain
Nevada ghost town belt to Death Valley's back door.
Oregon
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Grants Pass via the Illinois Valley and Eight Dollar Mountain
Serpentine barrens and canyon walls in Oregon's deep south.
Tennessee
ModerateSawmill Road to Greenbrier — Smokies Backcountry Approach via Old NC-284 and Ramsey Prong
Elk, old homesteads, and Smokies solitude on dirt.
Nebraska
ModerateNiobrara River Valley to Fort Robinson — Pine Ridge Escarpment Back Road via Soldier Creek Canyon
Pine Ridge canyon rims, frontier ghosts, and big Nebraska sky.
New Mexico
DifficultForest Road 267 to Sunlight Peak — Gila National Forest Mogollon Mountains High Circuit via Sandy Creek
Mogollon high country — deep, rough, and worth every mile.