Namibia
ExpertKunene River Canyon Track — Ruacana to Epupa Falls via the Angolan Border Gorge
Kaokoland's brutal border gorge. Earn every kilometre.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Texas
ModerateMaverick County Ranch Road — Eagle Pass to Quemado via the Rio Grande Brush Country
Brush country caliche where the border runs wild.
Botswana
ModerateNxai Pan and Baines’ Baobabs Desert Circuit — Gweta to Nxai Pan Camp via Baines’ Baobabs and Kudiakam Pan
Ancient baobabs on a fossil lakebed.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Pentecost River to Mitchell Falls via King Edward River and Drysdale River Station (Northern Kimberley Spur)
Crocs, cascades, and Kimberley wilderness.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Oodnadatta via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Lake Eyre Basin
The old Ghan's ghost, in the red heart.
Namibia
DifficultSossusvlei to Bullsport via Naukluft Desert Spine — Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to gorges. Full Namib. No safety net.
British Columbia
DifficultStikine River Road — Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek via the Grand Canyon of the Stikine
John Muir's 100-mile Yosemite. No tourists.
Colorado
DifficultColorado BDR Southern Segment — Silverton to Chama via the San Juan Backcountry
San Juan high country, raw and unfiltered.
Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Hierve el Agua to Tlacolula via the Sierra Juárez Descent
Oaxaca's back door nobody takes.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (Classic Full Run)
America's oldest overland route. Still raw.