New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pie Town to Quemado via the Continental Divide Grassland Corridor
High desert two-track across the New Mexico Divide.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via the Gibson Desert Central Corridor
Loneliest corridor on Earth's longest stock route.
Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg White Lady — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab Terraces and Uis
Skeleton Coast to Africa's tallest Namibian peak.
British Columbia
DifficultChilcotin Plateau War Road — Williams Lake to Bella Coola via the Chilcotin Highway and Freedom Road Descent
Built by settlers with dynamite. Still scares people.
Erongo Region
DifficultNamib Desert Welwitschia to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab River Terraces
Ancient plants, black lava, red granite giant.
Argentina
DifficultTierra del Fuego Off-Road Circuit — Lago Fagnano to Lago Escondido via the Sierra Alvear Spine
The bottom of the world, on dirt.
Araucanía Region
DifficultRuta del Volcán — Villarrica Traverse via Curarrehue and Paso Mamuil Malal
Live volcano, river fords, Andean border grit.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East-to-West Classic Crossing)
The Army's old Mojave crossing. Still dirt.
Japan
ModerateTateyama Kurobe Alpine Route — Nagano to Toyama via the Northern Japan Alps High Crossing
Japan's 20-meter snow walls in late spring.