Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Hierve el Agua to Tlacolula via the Sierra Juárez Descent
Oaxaca's back door nobody takes.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (Classic Full Run)
America's oldest overland route. Still raw.
China
ModerateTibetan Friendship Highway — Lhasa to Shigatse via Yamdrok Lake and Karo La Glacier
Glacier at the roadside. Turquoise lake below. 5,000 m up.
Northern Cape
ModerateNossob River Valley 4WD Track — Twee Rivieren to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Fossil riverbed. Real lions. No fence.
Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei Desert Circuit — Sesriem to Deadvlei and Hidden Vlei via the Namib Dune Sea
900-year-old dead trees in the world's oldest desert.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Labrador City to Happy Valley-Goose Bay via the Wilderness Plateau
530 km of boreal nothing. Bring two spares.
Namibia
ModerateNamib Desert Sossusvlei to Sossus Dune Circuit — Sesriem to Sossus Vlei 4WD Track via Dead Vlei and Hidden Vlei
900-year-old ghosts in the world's oldest desert.
Tennessee
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Damascus to Waterville via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Blue Ridge on dirt. No guardrails, no tourists.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Coyhaique to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor
Patagonia's impossible road. Built by conscripts.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Rawlins to Dubois via the Wyoming Basin and Wind River Range
200 miles of Wyoming with nobody watching.