Listed below are 100 multi-day hikes that I have had the good fortune of doing from 1995 to the present day. In my opinion, they are all “great” or “classic” hikes, however, I have refrained from assigning them any type of order other than alphabetical. How can one compare the jaw-dropping grandeur of high alpine regions to the stillness and timeless quality of the desert?
The hikes listed take place in 40 countries on six different continents. Click on the hike in which you are interested for a summary and attached photo gallery.
Crossing the Salar de Uyuni during the Altiplano Traverse, Bolivia, 2016
- Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland, 1997
- Alta Via 2, Dolomites, Italy, 2019
- Altiplano Traverse, Bolivia, 2017
- Annapurna Circuit & Sanctuary, Nepal, 2008
- Appalachian Trail, USA, 2012
- Around the Mountain Circuit, New Zealand, 2010
- Arctic Circle Trail, Greenland, 2022
- Arthur Range Traverse, Australia, 2015.
- Ausangate Circuit, Peru, 2017
- Australian Alpine Track, 2019
Brooks Range, Alaska, 2021
- Badlands Traverse, South Dakota, USA, 2016
- Batura Glacier, Pakistan, 2008
- Beartooth Mountains Route, Montana, USA, 2016
- Berliner Hohenweg, Austria, 2019
- Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, 2021
- Cajas National Park, Ecuador, 2004
- Cape to Cape Track, Australia, 2010
Sunset Mount Jefferson, Pacific Crest Trail, 2011
- Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland, 2018
- Chamonix to Zermatt, France / Switzerland, 2009
- Chilkoot Trail, USA / Canada, 1998
- Cinque Terre Coastal Walk (Portovenere to Levanto), Italy, 2004
- Coast-to-Coast Walk, England, 2009
- Cocuy Circuit, Colombia, 2015
- Colca Canyon, Peru, 1996
- Colorado Trail, USA, 2015
- Continental Divide Trail, USA, 2012
- Copper Canyon Traverse, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2013
Sunset in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, 2009
- Cordillera Apolobamba, Bolivia, 1996
- Cordillera Blanca Traverse, Peru, 2014
- Cordillera Huayhuash Circuit, Peru, 2014
- Cordillera Real Traverse, Bolivia, 2017
- Cotopaxi Circuit, Ecuador, 2004
- Denali VC to Eilsen VC Route, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA, 2021 (via Jenny Ck, Sanctuary River, Windy Ck, Easy Pass, and West Fork Glacier)
- Dientes Circuit, Chile, 1997
- Dusky Track, New Zealand, 2010
- Erg Chigaga, Morocco, 2008
Approaching Ishinca Pass on the Cordillera Blanca Traverse, 2014.
- Five Passes Route, New Zealand, 2010
- Ganden Monastery – Samye Monastery, Tibet, 2006
- GR20, Corsica, France, 2009
- Great Divide Trail, Canada, 2011
- Greenstone to Rasberry Creek, New Zealand, 2010 (includes Caples Track, Routeburn Track, Rockburn Track, and Cascade Saddle Route).
- Hornstrandir: Three Loops Trek, Iceland, 2023
- Iceland Traverse, 2023
- Ganden Monastery to Samye Monastery Trek, Tibet, 2006
Ganden Monastery, Tibet, 2006
- John Muir Trail, CA, USA, 2007
- Jotunheimen Loop, Norway, 2022
- Kerry Way / Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Ireland, 2009
- Khongoryn Els, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, 2009
- Lake Manasarovar Kora, Tibet, 2006
- Lamayuru to Padum, Ladakh, India, 2008
- Larapinta Trail, NT, Australia, 2010
Final night on the Long Crossing of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, 2018.
- Liechtenstein Panoramaweg, Liechtenstein, 2019
- Long Crossing of the Lofoten Islands, Norway, 2018
- The Long Trail, Vermont, USA, 2002
- Lowest to Highest: Death Valley to Mt.Whitney, CA, USA, 2014
- Markha Valley, India, 2008
- Tingri – Everest Base Camp, Tibet, 2006
- Mount Kailash Kora, Tibet, 2006
- Nahuel Huapi Traverse, Argentina, 1997
Lowest to Highest Route, CA, USA, 2014.
- Northern Kungsleden, Lapland, Sweden, 2009
- Northwest Circuit, Stewart Island, New Zealand, 1995 / 2010
- Olkhon Island Traverse, Siberia, Russia, 2009
- Olympic Grand Traverse, WA, USA, 2024 (304 mi/492 km route around the peninsula starting on the coast & including the Bailey Range)
- Pacific Crest Trail, USA, 2007 & 2012
- Pacific Northwest Trail, USA, 2011
- Pakora Pass Trek, Pakistan, 2008
- Peaks of the Balkans Trail, Montenegro/Albania/Kosova, 2023
- Pindos Horseshoe, Greece, 2001
- Puyehue Traverse, Chile, 1997
Standing on Dragon Lake | Pindos Horseshoe, Greece, 2001
- Pyrenean Haute Route, France / Spain / Andorra, 1999
- St.Paul’s – St.Anthony’s, Egypt, 1995
- Sangre de Cristo Traverse, Colorado, USA, 2016
- Sarek National Park, Sweden, 2009
- Saskun to Tjornuvik, Faroe Islands, 2022
- Shimshal Pamir Route, Pakistan, 2008
- Sierra High Route, CA, USA, 2011
- Skye Trail, Scotland, 2018
- Slim’s River West Trail, Yukon, Canada, 1998
Kaskawulsh Glacier | Slims River West, Yukon, Canada, 1998.
- Southeastern Serpentine Trail, USA, 2011 (Combo of the Foothills, Bartram, and Benton Mackaye Trails plus the Smoky Mountains section of the AT)
- Southern Utah Traverse, USA, 2025
- Southwest Tasmania Traverse, Australia, 2016
- Southwestern Horseshoe, USA, 2011 (Combo of Hayduke, Arizona & Grand Enchantment Trails)
- Spiti Valley High-Level Route, India, 2008
- Springbrook to O’Reilly’s, QLD, Australia, 2009 (via Binna Burra)
- Stubai Hohenweg, Austria, 2019
- Superior Hiking Trail, MN, USA, 2011
- Tatras Mountains, Poland, 2002
- Teton Range Traverse, Wyoming, USA, 2016
- Thorsborne Trail, QLD, Australia, 2006
- Three Passes Trek, Nepal, 2026
- Torres Del Paine Circuit, Chile, 1997
- Toubkal Circuit, Morocco, 2008
Mike Towne at “The Wave” | Southwestern Horseshoe, Arizona, 2012
- Tour de Mont Blanc, France/Switz./Italy, 2009
- Triglav High Route, Slovenia, 2019
- Volcan Misti, Peru, 1996
- Wadi Rum, Jordan, 1996
- West Coast Trail, Canada, 2003
- Wind River High Route, Wyoming, USA, 2016
- Wonderland Trail, WA, USA, 2003
- Yuksom – Goecha La, Sikkim, India, 2008
