Colorado
ExpertImogene Pass Road — Ouray to Telluride via the San Juan High Alpine Crossing
13,114 feet of Colorado exposure — earn the view.
Difficulty: Expert
Level 4
Australia
ExpertGibber Plains Track — Birdsville to Innamincka via the Sturt Stony Desert
Burke and Wills didn't make it. You might.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Potjiespram 4×4 Trail
Africa's harshest mountain desert. No mercy.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Helskloof Pass to Sendelingsdrift — Orange River Desert Canyon Traverse
Hell's Gorge. No shade. No mercy. No cell signal.
Mongolia
ExpertTrans-Mongolian Steppe Route — Ulaanbaatar to Khövsgöl Lake via Tariat and the Orkhon Valley
No roads. No signs. Just 1,000 km of steppe.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertLesotho Highlands Traverse — Sani Pass to Mokhotlong via Senqu River Valley
Roof of Africa — where tracks replace roads.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Osh to Ishkashim via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
The roof of the world has a road. It barely qualifies.
Australia
ExpertArkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Ridge Top Tour — Arkaroola Village to Freeling Heights via the Northern Flinders Ranges
1.5 billion years old and it'll still eat your rig.
Australia
ExpertCape York Telegraph Track — Bramwell Junction to Bamaga via the Old Telegraph Line
Gunshot Creek will decide if you're ready.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Chengdu to Lhasa via the Southern Route (G318)
Fourteen passes. Two weeks. One legendary road.