Routes
Western U.S.A.
| Name | Color | Distance | Climbing | Rideability* | Singletrack | Start | End |
| Arizona Trail | 800 miles | 100,000′ | 5-7 | 60% | Mexico border | Utah border | |
| Coconino Loop | N/A | 250 miles | 28,000′ | 7-8 | 44% | Flagstaff | Flagstaff |
| Colorado Trail | 530 miles | 60,000′ | 6-8 | 60% | Denver | Durango | |
| Continental Divide Trail | 3000+ miles | 250,000′ | 4? | 50% | Mexico border | Canada border | |
| El Camino del Diablo | 130 miles | 7,000′ | 6-9 | <1% | Ajo, AZ | Yuma, AZ | |
| Gila River Ramble | N/A | 70 miles | 11,000′ | 8 | 40% | Kelvin, AZ | Kelvin, AZ |
| Grand Loop | 360 miles | 48,000′ | 6 | 8% | Grand Junction, CO | Grand Junction, CO | |
| Grand Enchantment Trail | 580 miles | 80,000′ | 4-6 | 50% | Phoenix, AZ | Albuquerque, NM | |
| Great Divide Route | 2709 miles | 150,000′ | 10 | <1% | Banff | Mexico border | |
| Idaho Centennial Trail | N/A | 1000 miles | 80,000+’? | 4-6 | 60%? | Utah State Line | Canada |
| Kokopelli’s Trail | 144 miles | 20,000′ | 8 | 5% | Moab, UT | Fruita, CO | |
| Kaibab Monstercross | 130 miles | 15,000′ | 8 | 40% | North Rim, AZ | North Rim, AZ | |
| Oregon 3 Rivers | 400 miles | 40,000′ | 9 | 70% | Eugene, OR | Eugene, OR | |
| Ring the Peak | 70 miles | 12,000′ | 7 | 60% | Manitou Springs, CO | Manitou Springs, CO | |
| Trans Utah | 600 miles | 60,000′ | 7 | 40% | St. George | Moab |
* – Rideability ranges from 1 to 10. 1 = leave the bike home. 10 = where’s the challenge?
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Rest of U.S.A.
| Name | Color | Distance | Climbing | Rideability* | Singletrack | Start | End |
| American Discovery Trail | N/A | 6,800 miles | ?? | 8 | <33% | Pacific Ocean (CA) | Atlantic Ocean (DE) |
| Iditarod Trail | N/A | 1100 miles | 35,000′ | 3-9 (variable) | Snow | Knik | Nome |
| Maah Daah Hey Trail | N/A | 115 miles | 8,000′ | 9 | 75% | Watford City, ND | Medora , ND |
| Sheltowee Trace | N/A | 270 miles | 10,000+’ | 6? | 75%? | Picket State Park, TN | HWY 377, northern KY |
| Trans Iowa | N/A | 340 miles | 20,000′ | 10 | 0% | Decorah or ? | Decorah or ? |
Worldwide
| Name | Color | Distance | Climbing | Rideability* | Singletrack | Start | End |
| Australian Bicentennial National Trail | N/A | 5,330 km | Unknown | 3? | ? | Healesville | Cooktown |
| Freedom Trail | N/A | 1450 miles | 130,000′ | 4-7 | ~20% | Pietermaritzburg | Cape Town |
| Tasmanian Trail | N/A | 477km | 20,000′ | 9 | <1% | Dover | Devonport |
| TransAndalus Loop | N/A | 2173km | 38,000m | 9 | 10+% | Andalusia, Spain | Andalusia, Spain |
New Routes
We are looking for route info and GPS data. If you have a route, whether official or of your own creation, email us at info@bikepacking.net. We’d love to hear from you.
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What about a link to the Trans Canada Trail:
http://www.tctrail.ca/thetrail.php
Looking at that map, I’d say its only a matter of time until *things* are connected into a massive Mountain West Loop.
Why is there nothing on Canada, the bike packing mecca of the world. No trans canada trail? KVR? a million others?
Why don’t you contribute then?
The quads have turned much of the KVR and TCT into a sandbox. Canadians are usually pretty good about following rules, but in this case the motorheads have decided the rules are for someone else and have taken over the route.
Any other routes out there for Europe? Maybe some Germany/Italy/Central Europe stuff? All this US stuff is great but I don’t live there right now.