California
ModerateMojave Road — Piute Valley to Fort Piute via Piute Gorge Wash and Lanfair Valley (Eastern Approach)
Fort Piute: the post too brutal for the frontier Army.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
China
ModerateSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Litang via Zheduo La and Xinduqiao Valley (G318 High Plateau Segment)
Tibetan plateau at 4,300 metres. Paved. Still dangerous.
Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei Salt Pan to Naukluft Mountain Plateau — Hardap High Desert Crossing via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to desert plateau, Namibia's finest contrast.
Canada
ModerateLiard Trail — Fort Simpson to Nahanni Butte via the Liard River Valley and Mackenzie Mountains Fringe
End of the road — literally — in Canada's subarctic.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Hoback Junction — Snake River Range Backcountry via Greys River Road
Back side of the Tetons — elk, river, no crowds.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Bell Gorge to Manning Gorge Central Traverse)
The Kimberley's gorge heart, red and raw.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Classic East-to-West Dry Season Crossing)
140 miles of Mojave history under your tyres.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (West-to-East Return via Lanfair Valley)
140 miles of Mojave history. Earn every mile.
South Africa
ModerateSwartberg Pass — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn via the Great Karoo Mountain Crest
Bain's stone masterpiece — Africa's finest mountain pass.
Montana
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (West-to-East Historic Full Crossing)
Montana high country that the crowds haven't found yet.