California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (Classic Full Run)
America's oldest overland route. Still raw.
Trail Type: Overland Route
China
ModerateTibetan Friendship Highway — Lhasa to Shigatse via Yamdrok Lake and Karo La Glacier
Glacier at the roadside. Turquoise lake below. 5,000 m up.
Australia
DifficultStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Cooper Creek Desert Corridor
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
USA
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Addison to Waterville via the Monongahela Backcountry and Cranberry Wilderness Edge
Appalachian mud, ridgelines, and no signal.
Northern Cape
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Twee Rivieren to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Fossil riverbed. Real lions. No fence.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Labrador City to Happy Valley-Goose Bay via the Wilderness Plateau
530 km of boreal nothing. Bring two spares.
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.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Coyhaique to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor
Patagonia's impossible road. Built by conscripts.