Canada
DifficultCarcross Desert and Montana Mountain Road – Carcross to Conrad Basin via the Yukon Interior
North America's smallest desert leads to a Yukon alpine battleground.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Namibia
DifficultHuab River Track — Palmwag to Sesfontein via the Damaraland Desert Spine
Desert elephants and a thousand-year-old wilderness.
Colorado
DifficultOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Telluride via the San Juan High Alpine Crossing
12,800 feet. Shelf road. No guardrails.
Bolívar State
DifficultRoraima Tepui Summit Road — Paraitepui to Monte Roraima Base Camp via Gran Sabana Savannah
Base of the world's oldest plateau.
Australia
DifficultTatton Track — Birdsville to Windorah via the Channel Country Floodplains
Channel Country swallows the unprepared.
Namibia
DifficultNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Canyon via Naukluft Plateau Desert Spine
Limestone ledges, dry gorges, and the Namib edge.
New Zealand
DifficultMolesworth Station Road — Hanmer Springs to St. Arnaud via the Rainbow Valley and Isolated Flat
NZ's biggest station, zero tourists, real rivers.
Ethiopia
DifficultTrans-African Highway — Nairobi to Addis Ababa via the Moyale Border and Northern Kenya Desert Corridor
Northern Kenya's desert gauntlet to Ethiopia.
Australia
DifficultBurn Road to Port Douglas — Daintree Cape Tribulation Backcountry Track via Emmagen Creek
Rainforest, crocs, and tidal creek roulette.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway North Slope — Coldfoot to Deadhorse via Atigun Pass and the Brooks Range
Arctic Ocean or bust — no bail-outs north of Coldfoot.