Namibia
DifficultSossusvlei to Naukluft Mountain Plateau — Hardap Desert High Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to gorge country in one savage Namibian day.
Difficulty: Difficult
Level 3
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Bell Gorge via Barnett River and Beverley Springs Station
Kimberley gorges, corrugations, and one big river.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic)
The Kimberley's red dirt backbone.
Kunene Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park — Ugabmund to Springbokwasser Coastal Desert Drive
Shipwrecks, fog, and the land God abandoned.
Colorado
DifficultSlumgullion Pass to Lake City — Hinsdale County Alpine Loop Connector via Spring Creek
San Juan high country above 11,000 feet.
Africa
DifficultLesotho Highlands Road — Maseru to Semonkong via the Maluti Mountain Plateau
The kingdom above the clouds.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Approach)
The Kimberley's red-dirt backbone.
Gandaki Province
DifficultMuktinath to Jomsom High Desert Road
Deepest gorge on Earth, on dirt.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Barstow to Needles via Government Holes, Piute Spring, and Fort Piute
140 miles of frontier desert — earned, not given.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Galvans Gorge via Imintji Community and Barnett River
Kimberley gorge country — raw and unforgiving.