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The AAWT traverses the Australian Alps from Walhalla in Victoria to Tharwa near Canberra. 655km of high country — mostly above 1,500m — with negligible infrastructure, serious navigation, and a season window that closes fast.
Distance
407 mi / 655 km
Sport
Trail Running
Via Alpina Route 1 crosses Switzerland from Vaduz (Liechtenstein border) to Montreux on Lake Geneva. 390km, 24,000m of elevation, glaciers, and the specific suffering of Swiss trail prices.
Distance
242 mi / 390 km
Sport
Trail Running
The GR11 crosses Spain's Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean — 820km on the Spanish side of the range, with 44,000m of cumulative elevation. Harder and quieter than the French GR10.
Distance
510 mi / 820 km
Sport
Trail Running
The Great Baikal Trail project aims to circle Lake Baikal with a continuous path. Most of it exists. Some of it doesn't. All of it is in Siberia, which sets expectations appropriately.
Distance
404 mi / 650 km
Sport
Trail Running
The Hejaz Mountains rise from the Red Sea plain to over 3,000m in a dramatic escarpment. A traverse of the high ridge above Al Shafa and through the Asir highlands connects one of the Arabian Peninsula's most underexplored landscapes.
Distance
217 mi / 350 km
Sport
Trail Running
America's oldest long-distance trail: 273 miles from the Massachusetts border to Canada through Vermont's Green Mountains. Muddy, rooted, and relentless.
Distance
273 mi / 439 km
Sport
Trail Running
812 off-trail miles through Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, and the Grand Canyon. No maintained path. No safety net.
Distance
812 mi / 1307 km
Sport
Trail Running
800 miles from the Mexican border to Utah through Arizona's full ecological diversity — Sonoran desert, Chiricahua sky islands, the Mogollon Rim, and the Grand Canyon.
Distance
800 mi / 1287 km
Sport
Gravel & Trail
535 miles from Denver to Durango across eight mountain ranges, six wilderness areas, and seven national forests. The definitive Colorado sufferfest.
Distance
535 mi / 861 km
Sport
Gravel & Trail
Distance
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Sport
Trail Running
The Pieterpad runs 492km from Groningen in the north to Sint-Pietersberg near Maastricht in the south. The Netherlands does not have mountains, but it has a thru-trail, and it is better than you expect.
Distance
306 mi / 492 km
Sport
Trail Running
The Lycian Way traces 540km of the Turkish Mediterranean coast from Fethiye to Antalya, following clifftop paths above the turquoise water and climbing into the mountains that back the coast. One of the world's great coastal walking routes.
Distance
336 mi / 540 km
Sport
Trail Running