Antofagasta Region
DifficultSalar de Atacama Desert Circuit — San Pedro de Atacama to Paso Sico via the Atacama Salt Flat and Puna Volcanoes
Salt, flamingos, and 6,000-metre volcanoes.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Namibia
EasyNamib Desert Welwitschia Drive — Swakopmund to Welwitschia Washplain via Moon Landscape and Swakop River Gorge
Alien terrain, ancient plants, zero crowds.
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.
Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Hierve el Agua to Tlacolula via the Sierra Juárez Descent
Oaxaca's back door nobody takes.
Australia
DifficultStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Cooper Creek Desert Corridor
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
Northern Cape
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Twee Rivieren to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Fossil riverbed. Real lions. No fence.
Montana
DifficultMontana BDR Northern Segment — Eureka to Whitefish via the Whitefish Range and Stillwater River Divide
Hard against the Canadian border in real Montana wilderness.
Idaho
DifficultIdaho BDR Central Segment — Rogerson to Challis via the Snake River Plain and Lost River Range
Idaho's volcanic spine. Remote. No guardrails.
Tennessee
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Damascus to Waterville via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Blue Ridge on dirt. No guardrails, no tourists.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Parsons to Addison via the Monongahela National Forest and Greenbrier Valley
TAT through WV's forgotten forest interior.