Canada
ModerateChemin Forestier de la Zec Pontiac — Outaouais Shield Backcountry Circuit
Shield granite and beaver ponds three hours from Ottawa.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Canada
DifficultChemin de la Zec Harricana — Abitibi-Témiscamingue Clay Belt Forestry Loop
Abitibi clay belt isolation at its most unforgiving.
Canada
ModerateChemin du Lac Kenauk — Outaouais Laurentian Shield Wilderness Loop
Shield granite and moose country near Montebello.
Canada
DifficultChemin du Lac Mégantic — Frontière Circuit via Woburn and Piopolis
Quebec's forgotten border highlands above Mégantic.
Canada
ModerateChemin du Nord — Réserve faunique Papineau-Labelle Interior Circuit
Laurentian mud and lake country, right off the highway.
Canada
DifficultChemin Matamec — Sept-Îles to Lac Matamec Wilderness Circuit
Granite highlands and wild rivers behind Sept-Îles.
Canada
DifficultRoute du Transcontinental — Gaspésie Backcountry Forestry Circuit
Chic-Chocs ridge lines, no guardrails.
Canada
ExpertSnowdrift River Road — Łutsël K’é to Snowdrift River Wilderness
Shield granite and bogs at the edge of the known.
Canada
DifficultRae-Edzo to Snare River Hydro Road — North Slave Backcountry Access
Shield rock and hydro history — zero tourist traffic.
Canada
DifficultFort Smith to Nyarling River Road — Slave River Lowlands Bison Country
Wood bison, mud bogs, and zero cell bars.