Long Hikes

A list

Cross-country

Trails with stretches of walking where there is no trail. 31 trails, 3 with a GPX here.

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31 trails

Lengths
  • Official trail with a GPX here
  • Route with a GPX here
  • No GPX here: its page says where to get one

  1. Route

    Great Western Loop GWL

    Route by Andrew Skurka and Ryan Jordan, 2006

    The Great Western Loop links the Pacific Crest, Pacific Northwest, Continental Divide, Grand Enchantment and Arizona trails together with a trail-less stretch through the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts into one circuit of the American West.

    AZ NM CO WY ID MT CA OR WA United States

    Length
    11,064 km6,875 mi
    Time
    About 7 months
    GPX
    Not published

  2. Route

    Route In Between RIB

    Route by Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019

    The Route In Between links the Arizona Trail, the author's Deseret Hiking Route through Utah, and the Idaho Centennial Trail for a Mexico to Canada walk.

    AZ UT ID United States

    Length
    4,344 km2,699 mi
    Time
    About 7 to 12 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  3. Route

    Hot Springs Trail HST

    Route by Aria Zoner, 2016

    The Hot Springs Trail is a route from Santa Barbara, California, to the Canadian border in Idaho that links 100 wild and resort hot spring areas.

    CA OR ID United States

    Length
    3,896 km2,421 mi
    Time
    About 4 months
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  4. Route

    Great Colorado Route GCR

    Route by Donovan "Iceman" Rice, 2026

    The Great Colorado Route is a 32-section route across Colorado that mixes a high route with a traditional thru-hike.

    CO United States

    Length
    3,219 km2,000 mi
    Time
    About 4 months
    GPX
    Free from its author

  5. Route

    Desert Trail DT

    Route by Desert Trail Association, with the route scouted by Russel Pengely, D. W. "Old Creosote" Tomer and Steve Tabor, 1972

    The Desert Trail is a route of about 1,586 miles from the Mexican border through the deserts of California, Nevada and Oregon, with a 637-mile northern extension to Canada.

    CA NV OR United States

    Length
    2,552 km1,586 mi
    Time
    About 4 to 7 months estimate
    GPX
    See the official site

  6. Route

    Great Basin Trail GBT

    Route by Ryan "Dirtmonger" Sylva, 2019

    The Great Basin Trail is a route of nearly 1,200 miles that its author worked out as a loop around the heart of the Great Basin, wholly within Nevada.

    NV United States

    Length
    1,931 km1,200 mi
    Time
    About 3 to 5 months estimate
    GPX
    See the official site

  7. Route

    Brooks Range Traverse BRT

    Route by Luc Mehl and Sarah Histand, 2016

    The Brooks Range Traverse crosses northern Alaska from Kivalina to Kaktovik, in three parts walked in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

    AK United States

    Length
    1,609 km1,000 mi
    Time
    About 3 to 4 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  8. Route

    Hayduke Trail HT

    Route by Joe Mitchell and Mike Coronella, 2005

    The Hayduke Trail is an extremely challenging backcountry route linking six national parks of the Colorado Plateau, from Arches to Zion across southern Utah and northern Arizona.

    UT AZ United States

    Length
    1,287 km800 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 4 months estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  9. Grand Enchantment Trail GET

    The Grand Enchantment Trail is a route of over 770 miles from the edge of Phoenix in Arizona to the edge of Albuquerque in New Mexico.

    AZ NM United States

    Length
    1,239 km770 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 3 months estimate
    GPX
    See the official site

  10. Oregon Desert Trail ODT

    The Oregon Desert Trail is a route of about 750 miles across Oregon's high desert, from outside Bend in the west to Lake Owyhee State Park in the east.

    OR United States

    Length
    1,200 km746 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 3 months estimate
    GPX
    See the official site

  11. Great Divide Trail GDT

    The Great Divide Trail follows the Continental Divide through Alberta and British Columbia, from Waterton Lakes National Park at the United States border to Kakwa Lake.

    AB BC Canada

    Length
    1,130 km702 mi
    Time
    About 8 weeks
    GPX
    GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
    Climb
    37,307 m122,398 ftcomputed

  12. Route

    Blue Mountains Trail BMT

    Route by Greater Hells Canyon Council, 2021

    The Blue Mountains Trail is a long hiking route through northeast Oregon, from Joseph to John Day.

    OR United States

    Length
    853 km530 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  13. Route

    Sky Islands Traverse SIT

    Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), 2011

    The Sky Islands Traverse makes a circuitous journey across ten forest-clad mountain ranges of southeast Arizona, separated by grassland and desert valleys.

    AZ United States

    Length
    837 km520 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Not published

  14. Route

    Mogollon Rim Trail MRT

    Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")

    The Mogollon Rim Trail is a route across Arizona's Rim Country, from the Parsons Trailhead outside Cottonwood through Sedona's redrock country, the Highline Trail, the White Mountains and the Blue Range to the New Mexico border, where it joins the Grand Enchantment Trail near Alma.

    AZ NM United States

    Length
    805 km500 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  15. Route

    Northern New Mexico Loop NNML

    Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree") and collaborators

    The Northern New Mexico Loop starts and ends at Santa Fe Plaza, touring the Jemez Mountains, the Continental Divide and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on a clockwise circuit of northern New Mexico.

    NM United States

    Length
    805 km500 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  16. Route

    Wasatch Traverse WT

    Route by Liz Thomas

    The Wasatch Traverse follows the length of Utah's Wasatch Range from the Wellsville Wilderness in the north to the southwest side of the Mount Nebo Wilderness.

    UT United States

    Length
    455 km283 mi
    Time
    11 days
    GPX
    Free from its author

  17. Ozark Highlands Trail OHT

    The Ozark Highlands Trail runs across northern Arkansas from Lake Fort Smith toward the Missouri border north of Norfork Lake.

    AR United States

    Length
    435 km270 mi
    Time
    About 3 to 5 weeks estimate
    GPX
    GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
    Climb
    10,730 m35,203 ftcomputed

  18. Route

    Trans Adirondack Route TAR

    Route by Erik Schlimmer, 2010

    The Trans Adirondack Route crosses the whole Adirondack Park in New York from its southern blue line to its northern one.

    NY United States

    Length
    391 km243 mi
    Time
    About 3 to 5 weeks estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  19. Canol Heritage Trail CHT

    The Canol Heritage Trail follows an abandoned Second World War pipeline route from Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories to the Yukon border, across the Mackenzie Mountains.

    NT Canada

    Length
    371 km231 mi
    Time
    2 to 3 weeks
    GPX
    GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
    Climb
    5,436 m17,835 ftcomputed

  20. Route

    Sierra Grand Traverse SGT

    Route by John and Monica Chapman, 2023

    The Sierra Grand Traverse crosses the High Sierra in California from Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park south past Mount Whitney to Horseshoe Meadows.

    CA United States

    Length
    322 km200 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 4 weeks estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  21. Route

    Sierra High Route SHR

    Route by Steve Roper

    The Sierra High Route is Steve Roper's timberline route through California's High Sierra from Kings Canyon National Park to northern Yosemite.

    CA United States

    Length
    314 km195 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 4 weeks estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  22. Route

    Tahoe–Yosemite Trail TYT

    Route by Thomas Winnett, 1970

    The Tahoe-Yosemite Trail is Thomas Winnett's route through California's Sierra Nevada from Meeks Bay at Lake Tahoe to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park.

    CA United States

    Length
    299 km186 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 4 weeks estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  23. Route

    Yosemite High Route YHR

    Route by Andrew Skurka

    The Yosemite High Route explores the upper headwaters of the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers in Yosemite National Park, California.

    CA United States

    Length
    261 km162 mi
    Time
    7 to 14 days
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  24. Route

    Kings Canyon High Basin Route KCHBR

    Route by Andrew Skurka

    The Kings Canyon High Basin Route wraps around the upper watershed of the Kings River in the High Sierra, entirely within Kings Canyon National Park.

    CA United States

    Length
    200 km124 mi
    Time
    9 to 10 days
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  25. Route

    Southern Sierra High Route SoSHR

    Route by Alan Dixon and Don Wilson, 2014

    The Southern Sierra High Route traverses the highest part of California's Sierra Nevada from the South Lake trailhead near Bishop to Cottonwood Lakes.

    CA United States

    Length
    161 km100 mi
    Time
    5 to 6 days
    GPX
    Free from its author

  26. Route

    Wind River High Route (Skurka guide) WRHR

    Route by Andrew Skurka

    Andrew Skurka's Wind River High Route follows the alpine crest of Wyoming's Wind River Range between Wind River Peak in the south and Downs Mountain in the north.

    WY United States

    Length
    156 km97 mi
    Time
    About 8 to 13 days estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  27. Route

    Beartooth High Route BHR

    Route by Wilderness Mindset

    The Beartooth High Route is a 90-mile route across the Beartooth Range of Montana and Wyoming.

    MT WY United States

    Length
    145 km90 mi
    Time
    10 days
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  28. Route

    Sawtooth Wilderness High Route SWHR

    Route by the author of the SeekingLost blog, 2017

    This Sawtooth Wilderness high route loops from the Tin Cup Trailhead at Pettit Lake in Idaho, staying as high as possible among the range's lakes and passes.

    ID United States

    Length
    143 km89 mi
    Time
    About 8 to 12 days estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  29. Route

    Wind River High Route (Dixon and Wilson) WRHR-DW

    Route by Alan Dixon and Don Wilson

    Alan Dixon and Don Wilson's Wind River High Route runs from the Green River Lakes trailhead in Wyoming generally southeast along the Continental Divide to the Big Sandy trailhead.

    WY United States

    Length
    129 km80 mi
    Time
    7 days
    GPX
    Free from its author

  30. Route

    The Chinese Wall Circuit CWC

    Route by Wilderness Mindset

    The Chinese Wall Circuit is a loop in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana.

    MT United States

    Length
    127 km79 mi
    Time
    5 to 6 days
    GPX
    Free from its author

  31. Route

    Pfiffner Traverse PT

    Route by Andrew Skurka

    The Pfiffner Traverse follows the Continental Divide and the crest of Colorado's Front Range between Trail Ridge Road and Berthoud Pass.

    CO United States

    Length
    124 km77 mi
    Time
    6 to 10 days
    GPX
    Sold by its author

Lists are picked out by rule from each trail’s facts, so they change as trails are added or corrected. A list is shown when it has at least 4 trails and no more than 75% of the 138.