Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi — Fada to Archei Guelta via the Ennedi Massif Rock Art Circuit
Prehistoric art and desert crocs. No safety net.
Trail Type: Overland Route
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants to Pie Town via the Continental Divide Dirt Corridor
Continental Divide dirt and a slice of pie at the end.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Heber Springs to Gilbert via the Ozark Highland Interior
Ozark ridges and Buffalo River bottoms — TAT classics.
Chad
ExtremePiste du Tibesti — Faya-Largeau to Zouar via the Tibesti Volcanic Massif
Africa's forgotten volcanoes. No safety net.
Brazil
ModerateTranspantaneira Highway — Poconé to Porto Jofre via the Pantanal Wetland Corridor
147 wooden bridges to jaguar country.
Arkansas
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Heber Springs to Harriet via the Ozark National Forest Buffalo River Highlands
The TAT's forgotten Arkansas highland crossing.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Bozai Gumbaz to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Afghan High Pamir Plateau
The edge of driveable Earth in the Afghan Pamir.
Brazil
ExtremeTransamazônica Highway — Marabá to Humaitá via the Amazon Basin Interior (BR-230)
Brazil built it, then the jungle took it back.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Historic Crossing)
The Army's old desert highway, still running.
Australia
ExpertCape York Telegraph Track — Bramwell Junction to Bamaga via the Old Telegraph Line (South to North Full Run)
Australia's hardest run to the top.