New Mexico
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silver City to Alpine via the Gila Wilderness High Divide
Geronimo's country, America's first wilderness, zero cell bars.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Algeria
ExpertPiste de Timimoun — Adrar to Timimoun via the Grand Erg Occidental Red Oasis Corridor
Red oasis cities and a sand sea that swallows tracks whole.
Texas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hico to Meridian via the Texas Hill Country Limestone Plateau
Texas ranch roads the GPS forgot.
Morocco
ExpertPiste de l’Erg Chebbi Sud — Merzouga to M’Hamid via the Saharan Dune Corridor and Draa Valley
Real Sahara. No tourist camps past this point.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Segment — Nogales to Safford via the Sky Islands and Pinaleno Mountains
Desert floor to alpine spruce — the Sky Islands in one run.
Tajikistan
DifficultZulümart Pass to Murghab — Pamir Highway High Plateau via Karakul Lake (M41)
The Roof of the World — Karakul to Murghab above 4,000 m.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pie Town to Reserve via the Continental Divide Grassland Corridor
Continental Divide silence and zero cell bars.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Clifton Forge to Wytheville via the Virginia Allegheny High Divide
Ridge-top Virginia dirt the maps forgot.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKarakoram Highway — Gilgit to Sost via Hunza Valley and Passu Glacier
Hunza Valley to the roof — the KKH at its wildest.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Virginia Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny solitude on the TAT's quietest stretch.