New Zealand
ModerateMordor Road — Lake Ōhau to Ohau Skifield via the Mackenzie Basin High Terrace
Rohan is real. It's in the Mackenzie Basin.
Trail Type: High Clearance
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Moriri — Korzok High Altitude Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
4,500m. No guardrails. One sacred lake.
India
DifficultLeh to Khardung La and Nubra Valley — Northern Ladakh High Desert via Khardung Village
5,359 metres. Camels below. Glaciers above.
Idaho
DifficultIdaho BDR Northern Segment — Coeur d’Alene to Lowell via the St. Joe River and Selway Corridor
St. Joe River to Selway — Idaho at its most honest.
USA
DifficultUtah BDR Central Segment — Salina to Hanksville via the San Rafael Swell and Factory Butte
Canyon country, a river ford, and alien badlands.
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.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Central Segment — Gunnison to Salida via Cochetopa Hills and Marshall Pass
Old railbed, aspen groves, and 10,800-foot silence.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hico to Meridian via the Texas Hill Country Divide
Empty Texas ranch roads nobody else knows about.
Aysén Region
ExpertPaso Vergara to Lago General Carrera via Villa O’Higgins — Carretera Austral Remote Southern Terminus
Patagonia's hardest road. No arguing it.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Central — Malargüe to Barrancas via the Patagonian Volcanic Steppe
Lava fields, guanacos, and Patagonian wind.