USA
ModerateHole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Hole-in-the-Rock via Dry Fork and Fiftymile Bench
Follow the pioneers to a cleft in the Colorado's rim.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Oregon
ModerateOregon BDR Central Segment — Riley to Burns via the High Desert Volcanic Plateau and Wagontire Mountain
Oregon's emptiest county, no apologies.
Ethiopia
DifficultOmo Valley Wilderness Track — Jinka to Turmi via the Omo River Corridor and Mago National Park Fringe (South Ethiopia Classic)
Tribal Ethiopia on corrugated laterite.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Alichur Plateau (M41 High Segment)
4,200 meters and an Afghan border river at your elbow.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via Pisgah National Forest and Black Mountains
Appalachian hardwood doubletrack at its finest.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Far North — Susques to La Quiaca via the Puna de Jujuy and Bolivian Border
Puna silence at 3,600 metres — earn every km.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Uvalde to Rocksprings via the Nueces River Canyon and Edwards Plateau Divide (West Texas Classic Segment)
Limestone canyons and cattle country, no shortcuts.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Agua Negra — Vicuña to Rivadavia via the Dry Andes High Desert Crossing
4,765 metres of Andean silence between two countries.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Piute Spring to Rock Springs Lake via Keystone Spring and Mid Hills (Central Desert Segment)
The hard middle of the old government road.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pinedale to Dubois via the Wind River Range High Desert and Union Pass
One ridge. Three oceans. No cell signal.