Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Inuvik via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau (Full Traverse)
Gravel, tundra, and the Arctic Circle.
Trail Type: High Clearance
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Murphy via the Snowbird Mountain Connector
Snowbird ridges, creek crossings, and zero cell bars.
Romania
DifficultTransylvania Transbucegi — Sinaia to Padina via Babele and the Bucegi Plateau High Road
Limestone sphinxes and cloud-shrouded plateau high above Transylvania.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Central Segment — Salida to Gunnison via Marshall Pass and Cochetopa Hills
Marshall Pass and big Gunnison Basin skies.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Wytheville to Hector via the New River Valley and Kanawha Divide
Coal country, creek crossings, no crowds.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Lago Verde — Aysén Highland Plateau via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia without the Instagram crowd.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Kununurra to Wyndham via Cambridge Gulf and Keep River Approach
The Kimberley's forgotten eastern door.
New Zealand
DifficultOld Ghost Road — Lyell to Seddonville via the Victorian Range Spine
A 19th-century goldfield ghost route across the West Coast spine.
Alaska
DifficultNabesna Road — Slana to Nabesna via the Wrangell Mountains Volcanic Foothills
Dead-end road into volcano country, Alaska.
USA
ModerateTeton Crest Trail Road — Greys River Loop to Alpine via the Snake River Range South Spine
Wyoming's quiet canyon — 100 miles of almost no one.