Morocco
ModerateTizi n’Test Pass Road — Marrakech to Taroudant via the High Atlas Southern Spine
High Atlas death-drop road with an ancient mosque in the clouds.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Australia
ModerateBirdsville Track — Marree to Birdsville via the Tirari and Strzelecki Desert Fringe
The original outback cattle road. Five hundred clicks of red nothing.
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Bâlea Lac to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing
Ceaușescu's mountain scar. Europe's wildest paved pass.
Canada
ModerateKluane–Haines Junction High Country Road — Dezadeash Lake to Kathleen Lake via the St. Elias Mountain Front
Biggest icefields in North America. Smallest crowds.
Alaska
ModerateChilkoot Pass Road — Skagway to the Yukon Interior via the White Pass Summit Approach
Dead horses, gold fever, and the longest switchback in history.
Ishikawa
ModerateTatami Pass Road — Noto Peninsula Interior via Oku-Noto Highland Spine
Japan's forgotten peninsula, from the inside out.
Montana
ModerateMojave Road — Deception Valley Central Kalahari Desert Track via Matswere Gate and Sunday Pan
Nineteen switchbacks to the roof of the Rockies.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hector to Wytheville via the New River Valley Backbone
Old mountains, older river, zero pavement.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Imintji to Galvans Gorge via the Kimberley Ranges Heart
Boabs, gorges, and baked corrugations.
Namibia
ModerateNamib Desert Moon Landscape to Swakopmund — Welwitschia Drive and Vogelfederberg Desert Circuit
1,500-year-old plants and a desert that looks like the moon.