California
ExpertRubicon Trail — Georgetown to Tahoe City via the Sierra Nevada Granite Spine (Backdoor Variant)
California's most famous rock-crawl. Respect it.
Difficulty: Expert
Level 4
Peru
ExpertHuayhuash Circuit Road — Chiquián to Llamac via the Cordillera Huayhuash High Passes
Glaciers, 15,700-ft passes, no guardrails.
Africa
ExpertRichtersveld Kokerboom to Sendelingsdrift — Orange River Canyon Rim Circuit
South Africa's harshest desert. Earn every km.
Colorado
ExpertImogene Pass Road — Ouray to Telluride via the San Juan High Alpine Crossing
13,114 feet of Colorado exposure — earn the view.
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.