Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.
Feature: Camping
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Imintji to Bell Gorge via Silent Grove and King Leopold Ranges Central Traverse
Gorge swimming earned the hard way.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Forgotten ridge roads and rhododendron tunnels.
Alberta
EasyIcefields Parkway South — Lake Louise to Saskatchewan Crossing via Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Glaciers, turquoise lakes, and zero bad views.
Kunene Region
DifficultHuab River Track — Khorixas to Palmwag via Damaraland Desert Spine
Desert elephants, dry riverbeds, zero fences.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Southern Namibian Canyon Desert
Africa's great canyon from the rim down.
Brazil
ExpertTransamazônica Highway — Altamira to Rurópolis via the Amazon Basin Interior (BR-230 Central Segment)
The Amazon road that ate Brazil's ambition.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to El Questro via the Kimberley Gorge Country (King Leopold Ranges Central Traverse)
The Kimberley's corrugated spine.
Australia
ExpertOld Andado Track — Santa Teresa to Mac Clark Station via the Simpson Desert Edge
Red dune country. No services. Bring everything.
Alberta
ModerateHighwood Pass Road — Kananaskis Country High Alpine Traverse via Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Canada's highest road. No guardrails. No crowds.