Kyrgyzstan
DifficultPamir Highway — Osh to Dushanbe via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Murghab Plateau (M41 Full Traverse)
The Roof of the World, unfiltered.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Mitchell Falls Spur and King Leopold Ranges, Classic Dry Season Full Traverse)
The Kimberley on its own brutal terms.
Morocco
DifficultTinfou Dunes to M’Hamid — Draa Valley Desert Piste via Erg Chegaga Gateway
Real Sahara — no markers, no guardrails.
Kunene Region
DifficultHuab River Conservancy Track — Khorixas to Sesfontein via the Damaraland Desert Spine
Elephant country, dry riverbeds, real Namibia.
China
DifficultSichuan–Tibet Highway — Derong to Deqin via Benzilan and the Lancang River Canyon
Mekong canyon walls and Tibetan peaks on a crumbling shelf.
Australia
DifficultSiberia Track — Wentworth to Broken Hill via the Darling River Red Desert Corridor
Outback Australia at its most honest and merciless.
Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Terrace Bay to Torra Bay via the Central Namib Shore
The coast where ships came to die.
Colorado
DifficultAlpine Loop — Lake City to Ouray and Silverton via Engineer, Cinnamon, and Animas Forks
Three 13,000-ft passes. One legendary loop.
New Zealand
DifficultRooftop of New Zealand — Lewis Pass to Hanmer Springs via the St. James Walkway High Country
Tussock, river fords, and the ghost of St. James.
Erongo Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg White Lady — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab Terraces and Uis
Skeleton Coast to Africa's tallest Namibian peak.