Mauritania
ExpertPiste de l’Adrar Mauritanien — Atar to Chinguetti via the Amogjar Pass and Oued Seguellil
Medieval libraries and Saharan sand — earn both.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Canada
ModerateTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dalton Post via the Klukshu River Valley
UNESCO wilderness on a dirt road no one talks about.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Son-Kul Lake High Plateau via Moldo-Ashuu Pass
A glacial lake at 3,000m. Earn every metre.
Montana
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Dillon to Missoula via the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Divide
Big sky, no crowds, Continental Divide dirt.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 36 to Well 51 via the Gibson–Great Sandy Desert Divide
The world's loneliest cattle track, redline edition.
British Columbia
ModerateChilkoot Trail Access Road to Bennett Lake — White Pass Backcountry via Log Cabin
Gold Rush ghosts at the end of the line.
Baja California
DifficultTranspeninsularBaja Norte — Tecate to San Felipe via Sierra Juárez and Valle de la Trinidad
Baja's granite backbone, border to sea.
Oregon
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants Pass to Cave Junction via the Illinois Valley and Siskiyou Wilderness Fringe
Oregon's weird geology, zero crowds.
Namibia
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Track — Büllsport to Tsauchab River via Zebra River Canyon and the Naukluft Plateau High Spine (Full Wilderness Traverse)
Canyon walls that close to truck width. No bluff.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants to Silver City via the Gila National Forest and Continental Divide Dirt Corridor (New Mexico Full Segment)
New Mexico empty. No pavement, no people.