California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via the Sequoia National Park High Valley (Full Climb)
698 curves, no guardrails, marmots eat your hoses.
Difficulty: Moderate
Level 2
Australia
ModerateTharwa to Boboyan — Namadgi National Park High Country Track via Corin Dam and Boboyan Road (ACT–NSW Alpine Divide Run)
Alpine wilderness, an hour from the capital.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Canyon Rim Desert (Southern Namibia Full Traverse)
The canyon swallows everything. Drive the edge.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Hachita to Antelope Wells via the New Mexico Boot Heel Desert and Mexican Border
End of the road. Literally.
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Curtea de Argeș to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing (Full North-to-South Traverse)
Built by a dictator. Driven by everyone else.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua and Montagu Passes — George to Montagu via the Western Cape Mountain Spine (Full Historical Traverse)
1847 convict road. Still wild, still real.
Alberta
ModerateIcefields Parkway — Jasper to Lake Louise via Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier (Full North-to-South Traverse)
The Rockies' greatest highway, glacier to glacier.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Connector — Clifton to Safford via the Gila Box Riparian Area and Gila River Crossings
Three river crossings through Arizona's best-kept canyon.
Canada
ModerateTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dalton Post via the Klukshu River Valley
UNESCO wilderness on a dirt road no one talks about.
Montana
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Dillon to Missoula via the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Divide
Big sky, no crowds, Continental Divide dirt.