Antofagasta Region
ModeratePaso de Jama — San Pedro de Atacama to Susques via the Puna de Atacama High Desert Crossing
4,230m — where the Atacama meets the Puna.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed, Classic Dry Season Full Traverse, Northern Approach)
660km of Kimberley gorge country, no apologies.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.
Argentina
ModeratePaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Chilean Border via the Andes Volcanic Divide (Argentina Side)
Patagonia's loneliest Andean crossing.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Imintji to Bell Gorge via Silent Grove and King Leopold Ranges Central Traverse
Gorge swimming earned the hard way.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Forgotten ridge roads and rhododendron tunnels.
Alberta
EasyIcefields Parkway South — Lake Louise to Saskatchewan Crossing via Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Glaciers, turquoise lakes, and zero bad views.
Kunene Region
DifficultHuab River Track — Khorixas to Palmwag via Damaraland Desert Spine
Desert elephants, dry riverbeds, zero fences.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Southern Namibian Canyon Desert
Africa's great canyon from the rim down.
Brazil
ExpertTransamazônica Highway — Altamira to Rurópolis via the Amazon Basin Interior (BR-230 Central Segment)
The Amazon road that ate Brazil's ambition.