USA
ModerateWyoming BDR Central Segment — Rawlins to Dubois via the Great Divide Basin and Wind River Range
Two basins, no cell signal, pure Wyoming.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Kenya
ModerateKenyan Rift Valley Floor — Naivasha to Magadi via Longonot and the Soda Lake Corridor
Rift floor to soda lake — raw East Africa.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Soda Dry Lake (East-to-West Return)
The Old Government Road, unchanged.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway – Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Spine
Alaska's forgotten highway. Denali straight ahead.
China
ModerateKarakoram Highway – Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via Gez Canyon and Karakul Lake
Built on bones. The Karakoram's Chinese spine.
Texas
ModerateMaverick County Ranch Road — Eagle Pass to Quemado via the Rio Grande Brush Country
Brush country caliche where the border runs wild.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Baja Desert Interior — El Rosario to Cataviña via Valle de los Cirios
Boojum trees and boulders. Pure Baja magic.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Crested Butte via the Collegiate Peaks High Crossing
12,126 feet of Continental Divide gravel.
Botswana
ModerateNxai Pan and Baines’ Baobabs Desert Circuit — Gweta to Nxai Pan Camp via Baines’ Baobabs and Kudiakam Pan
Ancient baobabs on a fossil lakebed.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Oodnadatta via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Lake Eyre Basin
The old Ghan's ghost, in the red heart.