New Zealand
EasyMolesworth Road — Hanmer Springs to Blenheim via Jollies Pass and the Acheron
NZ's longest backcountry road through a working station
Feature: Camping
Colorado
ModerateOphir Pass Road — Silverton to Ophir via the San Juan High Alpine Shelf
Silver-boom wagon road over the San Juan divide
Iceland
ModerateÞórsmörk Road F249 and the Krossá Crossing
Iceland's glacial river road into Thor's Valley
India
ModerateLeh to Pangong Tso via Chang La
Over 17,590-ft Chang La to a lake on the Tibet border
USA
EasyMoki Dugway and Valley of the Gods Road
Red-rock monuments and a cliff-edge uranium road
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertBartang Valley Road
The Pamirs' back door, no pavement, no help
Australia
ModerateK’gari (Fraser Island) Beach and Inland Track
Drive the world's biggest sand island
USA
ModerateBurr Trail — Boulder to Bullfrog via the Waterpocket Fold Switchbacks
Slickrock canyons and the Waterpocket Fold switchbacks.
Australia
ModerateHolland Track — Broomehill to Coolgardie via the Hyden Granite Country
A gold-rush bush track, still rough and still remote.
Georgia
DifficultAbano Pass — Alvani to Omalo, Tusheti
Georgia's cliff-edge door into the Caucasus.