When pro adventure athlete and expedition mountain biker Liz Sampey recently shared some of her all-time favorite rides, we took her epic suggestions to heart.

And just to put things into perspective, Sampey recently completed a 500-mile bikepacking/packrafting expedition in Alaska with teammate Shane Hutton — and lived to tell about it. “Both Shane and I had only learned to paddle whitewater a month prior to this trip and it definitely took all our skills and strength to navigate these huge, remote glacial rivers,” Sampey told ASN. “I have never felt so tiny in my entire life.”