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One of the highest and most remote bikepacking routes on earth. Chengdu to Lhasa via the southern Sichuan-Tibet Highway on gravel and unmaintained mountain roads. 29 passes above 4,000m.
Distance
1331 mi / 2142 km
Sport
Gravel
Spiti sits at 3,800m average elevation in a high-altitude desert valley that gets 170mm of rain per year. The circuit crosses Kunzum La (4,590m) and optional passes above 5,000m on roads that are sometimes roads.
Distance
298 mi / 480 km
Sport
Gravel
A 620km loop through the Ore Mountains on the German-Czech border. Dense forest roads, old mining villages, and climbs that never stop for long. Under-the-radar and completely self-sufficient.
Distance
385 mi / 620 km
Sport
Gravel
A 1,280km loop around Hokkaido's interior on unpaved forest roads (rindo). Brown bear country, onsen towns, and road surfaces that would be illegal in most places.
Distance
795 mi / 1280 km
Sport
Gravel
The COBDR crosses Colorado end-to-end on dirt — ghost towns, alpine passes above 13,000ft, and enough sand to make you question your tire choice.
Distance
553 mi / 890 km
Sport
Gravel
The Serra Gaúcha in southern Brazil is wine country, canyon country, and one of the most underrated gravel destinations in South America. 380km on colonial-era dirt roads through immigrant hill towns and the edge of the Aparados da Serra.
Distance
236 mi / 380 km
Sport
Gravel
The Tuscany Trail runs 560km on strade bianche (white roads) through the hills of central Italy. It is the race that made Italian gravel famous, and the route is as good as advertised.
Distance
348 mi / 560 km
Sport
Gravel
A gravel interpretation of the classic alpine crossing from Lake Geneva to the Côte d'Azur. 720km, 24,800m of climbing, passes that top out above 2,700m, and the satisfaction of arriving in Nice with destroyed legs.
Distance
447 mi / 720 km
Sport
Gravel
The BC Epic 1000 crosses British Columbia from the Alberta border to the Sunshine Coast. 1,130km of logging roads, mountain passes, and the specific joy of descending 2,000m to a ferry dock.
Distance
702 mi / 1130 km
Sport
Gravel
The HT550 runs 885km through the Scottish Highlands on a mix of singletrack, stalkers' paths, and open moorland. It has no support, no marked course, and a midge season that will break you faster than any climb.
Distance
550 mi / 885 km
Sport
Gravel
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