Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
Second-highest highway. Zero margin for error.
Difficulty: Expert
Level 4
Canada
ExpertTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Contwoyto Lake via the Arctic Ice Road
600 km of frozen lake. Eight weeks to use it.
Argentina
ExpertHuemul Circuit Road — Lago del Desierto to Chaltén Massif via Río Eléctrico and Piedra del Fraile
Fitz Roy's back door — glacial fords and zero mercy.
Namibia
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Canyon via the Naukluft Plateau Desert Spine
Sharp dolomite, vertical descents, total isolation.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Kalumburu Road to Drysdale River Station via Mitchell Plateau Track Junction
Real Kimberley. No net. No crowds.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — El Questro to Mitchell Falls via Drysdale River and King Edward River Crossings
The Kimberley's deep north — earn Mitchell Falls.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Sendelingsdrift to Vioolsdrif — Orange River Canyon Desert Rim Track
Pontoon crossing into South Africa's volcanic deep end.
Argentina
ExpertPaso Roballos — Cochrane to Bajo Caracoles via the Andes Desert Steppe
Patagonia's loneliest border run.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Gannakouriep Canyon to Eksteenfontein — Orange River Volcanic Rim Track
Volcanic rim, zero mercy, zero cell signal.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Toe of the Sneeuberg — Eksteenfontein to Kuboes via the Gannakouriep Canyon
Volcanic canyon country at the world's edge.