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166 mi. / 267 km4 days
Bike Touring Jordan: Petra to Aquaba via Wadi Rum
15 Oct 7 Joe Cruz The Middle EastA route packed with desert sands, olive trees, mind-bending landscapes, and rock cut architecture dating from the 3rd century B.C.E... -
285 mi. / 459 km6 days
Dirt Road Touring Peru: Cajamarca to Caraz
25 Oct 3 Joe Cruz Latin America3000 meter climbs out of deep valleys, hypoxic high altitude passes, glinting sapphire lakes, tiny villages bright with laughter and ice cream, cobbled and dirt roads, ancient civilizations and a politically energetic present... -
55 mi. / 89 km3 days
Bikepacking Ecuador: The Inca Trail
7 Oct 2 Joe Cruz Latin AmericaThe famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is only the slightest fragment of the full network of roads used during pre-Colombian times to link parts of the Incan empire. -
473 mi. / 761 km10 days
Virginia Mountain Bike Trail (VMBT)
90 Sep 30 Logan Watts USAAn epic, diverse, and wits-crushing bikepacking route that follows the endless ridges of the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains along a continuous, 473 mile off-road route from Front Royal to Damascus. The VMBT writhes its way through isolated farming communities, remote wilderness, panoramic crags, and historic rail grade trails... -
136 mi. / 219 km6 days
Cycling The GR5 Across the Belgian Ardennes
33 Sep 24 Nicholas Carman EuropeCrawl through the rural backside of a modern EU country on an off-pavement route in one of the less mountainous corners of the continent. Beware, short and steep climbs and descents belie elevation changes of less than 1000ft. Ride through forests and farmland and along fencelines, hike up and down stone staircases, and drop into historic towns to resupply on Belgium's finest consumables, including beer, cheese, and chocolate. -
252 mi. / 406 km6 days
The Traversée du Massif Vosgien, Alsace, France
77 Sep 24 Nicholas Carman EuropeA signed and mapped dirt route along the length of the Vosges Mountains of Alsace, France. Visit castles, ride high above vineyards, and spend the night in quiet woodlands less than a day away from bustling French cities. -
35 mi. / 56 km2 days
Polonina Borzhava, Zakarpattia, Ukraine
8 Sep 24 Nicholas Carman EuropeRide the spine of the Ukrainain Carpathian Mountains, on one of the grassy mountaintop polonina which characterize these high peaks. This section of trail is largely signed as hiking trail, is almost entirely rideable, and is readily accessible from Lviv by train. While technically only a big day ride, plan to camp up high for a spectacular overnight from Volovets to Mizhirya. -
241 mi. / 388 km5 days
The Hart Sheldon Hot Springs Route, Oregon
11 Sep 10 Donnie Kolb USAStarting in Frenchglen, this route loops through remote southeastern Oregon linking up the Sheldon and Hart National Antelope Refuges, several hot springs, and a dried ancient lake bed. This route is considered by some as a top prize in Oregon bikepacking. -
364 mi. / 586 km6 days
The Oregon Outback
177 Sep 10 Donnie Kolb USAWhat's considered by some as the best bikepacking route in Oregon, the Outback starts in Klamath Falls near the California border, and traverses the entire state on lightly traveled, mostly unsurfaced roads. This includes a slice of the route’s namesake area – the Oregon Outback – a dusty, remote portion of the state populated by not much more than coyotes and rattlesnakes. -
154 mi. / 248 km4 days
Gunsight Ridge, Bikepacking Mount Hood at its Finest
36 Sep 10 Donnie Kolb USAWhile this route lacks the panache of a full circumnavigation of Mount Hood, it more than makes up for it by linking together all the best dirt near the mountain. -
234 mi. / 377 km7 days
Northern Cordillera Blanca Bikepacking Loop, Peru
34 Sep 3 The Pikes Latin AmericaFor jagged, dramatic alpine scenery, Peru’s Cordillera Blanca is hard to beat - it's an incredible cycling destination and has some of the most easily reached high mountains in the world. -
213 mi. / 343 km6 days
Peru’s Great Divide: A Select Bikepacking Route
18 Sep 3 The Pikes Latin AmericaThe 'Great Divide' route through the Peruvian Cordillera allows bikers to pedal through an incredibly varied mountain landscape from grassy plateau to the blue-green waterfalls of the Cañete valley, passing everything from immense slabs of folded rock and giant glaciated peaks in between. -
216 mi. / 348 km6 days
Bikepacking Paso Sico – Argentina to Chile
8 Sep 3 The Pikes Latin AmericaThe inhospitable and wild Puna plateau in the central Andes can be a scary place, but it captivates and continually draws us back. There are six routes between northern Argentina and Chile on the Puna and this is a definite highlight and great choice for lovers of dirt roads. -
39 mi. / 63 km2 days
Uturuncu – Bikepacking a Volcano, Bolivia
2 Sep 3 The Pikes Latin AmericaThe old mine road up Uturuncu is one of the highest roads ever built. This overnighter summits this volcano for an extremely challenging and rewarding overnighter... -
46 mi. / 74 km4 days
Tso Kar – Tso Moriri: Bikepacking the Indian Himalaya
7 Sep 3 The Pikes AsiaThe ancient Kingdom of Ladakh is a fascinating Buddhist region in the Indian Himalaya. Linking the lakes of Tso Kar and Tso Moriri, this bikepacking route follows a traditional walking trail through the wilderness Rupshu area of south-east Ladakh, through rolling terrain that makes biking a great choice. -
132 mi. / 212 km4 days
Bikepacking Pisgah: The Appalachian (beer) Trail
56 Aug 28 Logan Watts USAA four day bikepacking route that traverses each of the four major trail networks in Buncome and Transylvania counties — the Pisgah Ranger District, Dupont State Forest, and Black Mountain area — the heart of western North Carolina mountain biking within the mecca of craft beer. -
353 mi. / 568 km7 days
The GR 48: Off-road Bike Touring Spain
7 Aug 28 Logan Watts EuropeThe GR 48 (Sendero de Sierra Morena) is the longest path in southern Spain and the majority of it lies within the Sierra de Aracena and the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Parks, some of the country’s most uninhabited areas. -
302 mi. / 486 km7 days
Bikepacking the Transnevada in Southern Spain
77 Aug 27 Logan Watts EuropeChunky rock descents, 4,500' heart-valve tearing climbs, and almost impassable hike-a-bikes make up a route that is as punishing as it is beautiful. A must for any self-loathing bikepacker’s bucket list.