Nepal
DifficultTatopani to Muktinath — Upper Mustang Salt Road via Kali Gandaki Gorge and Kagbeni
Ancient salt road through the world's deepest gorge.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Clifton Forge via the Ozark Plateau and Missouri Highlands
TAT's quiet heartland: Ozark dirt to Allegheny rock.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ExpertDeosai Plains High Crossing — Skardu to Astore via Sheosar Lake and Bara Pani Ford
4,100 metres of brown bear plateau and no safety net.
New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Reserve via the Mogollon Mountains and Gila Wilderness High Divide (New Mexico Segment)
Gila backcountry — Geronimo's highway.
Peru
ModerateMedio Mundo Road — Huacho to Churín via the Huaura River Canyon and Andean Foothills
Canyon shelf road to Peru's thermal oasis.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Coldfoot to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, and North Slope (North Segment)
End of the road. Arctic Ocean or bust.
Idaho
ExpertMagruder Corridor Road — Darby to Elk City via the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Divide (Full Traverse)
100 miles of wilderness road with nowhere to bail out.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed, Classic Dry Season Full Traverse, Northern Approach)
660km of Kimberley gorge country, no apologies.
Argentina
ModeratePaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Chilean Border via the Andes Volcanic Divide (Argentina Side)
Patagonia's loneliest Andean crossing.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.