North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Murphy via the Unicoi Mountain Divide and Ocoee River Gorge
Southern Appalachian mud and mountain, TAT-style.
Feature: Camping
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.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Fitzroy Crossing to Mornington Wilderness Camp via Geikie Gorge and Tunnel Creek
Eastern Kimberley the hard way.
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.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Mornington Wilderness Camp to El Questro via Manning Gorge and Pentecost River Crossing
Red gorges, bull dust, and a crossing you won't forget.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Hoback Junction — Snake River Range Backcountry via Greys River Road
Back side of the Tetons — elk, river, no crowds.
Botswana
ExpertSavute Channel Road — Mababe Depression to Savute Camp via Gubatsa Hills and Marsh Edge
Elephant roads and Kalahari sand — no lifelines.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast — Serra Cafema to Hartmann Valley via the Kunene River Sand Road
The remotest river sand road in Namibia.
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.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertWakhan Corridor Road — Langar to Ishkashim via the Panj River Valley (Tajikistan Side Full Run)
Drive the edge of the world. Afghanistan next door.