Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR Central Segment — Salida to Gunnison via Marshall Pass and Cochetopa Hills
Marshall Pass and big Gunnison Basin skies.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Ethiopia
ExpertSimien Mountains High Road — Debark to Ras Dashen Base Camp via the Ethiopian Roof Escarpment
Ethiopia's escarpment edge — geladas, cliffs, and sky.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Night Sky Variant, West-to-East Return)
140 miles of Mojave history and volcanic grit.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Wytheville to Hector via the New River Valley and Kanawha Divide
Coal country, creek crossings, no crowds.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Lago Verde — Aysén Highland Plateau via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia without the Instagram crowd.
Canada
ExpertTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Ekati Diamond Mine via the Arctic Ice Road
400 km of frozen lake. No road. No margin.
Argentina
ModeratePaso Jama — San Pedro de Atacama to Jujuy via the Altiplano Volcanic Border Crossing
4,200 m of flamingos, salt, and Andean silence.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges to Adcock Gorge via Lennard River Gorge and Barnett River
Kimberley gorge country on corrugated red dirt.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Hoggar Est — Tamanrasset to Djanet via Hirafok and the Tassili Approach
700km of Saharan silence, no room for mistakes.
Tennessee
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Tellico Plains via the Unicoi Mountains
Deep Appalachia on Correro's original dirt.