Great Divide Trail (GDT)

The wild heart of the Rockies. Stretching over 1,100km from Waterton Lakes National Park to Kakwa Provincial Park, the Great Divide Trail (GDT) is a loosely connected series of trails, old forestry roads, and off-trail cross-country segments. It follows the Continental Divide, crossing between Alberta and British Columbia dozens of times. Unlike the well-manicured PCT or AT, the GDT is famous for its 'trail-less' sections where hikers must navigate by line-of-sight and topographical markers. It traverses some of the most spectacular and remote regions in the Canadian Rockies, through territory where bears and wolves are far more common than humans.

The ocean of sand. The Rub' al Khali, or Empty Quarter, is the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, spanning Oman, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Yemen. A trekking expedition here is a journey into absolute minimalism. Starting from the southern Omani city of Salalah, explorers venture into a world of towering star dunes, some reaching over 200 meters in height, and vast, shimmering salt flats (sabkha). It is a landscape of shifting orange and red sands where the wind is the only architect and the silence is so heavy it can be felt. This is trek for those seeking the significant physical and mental challenge of the desert.