Araucanía Region
DifficultRuta del Volcán — Villarrica Traverse via Curarrehue and Paso Mamuil Malal
Live volcano, river fords, Andean border grit.
Feature: Camping
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East-to-West Classic Crossing)
The Army's old Mojave crossing. Still dirt.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Full Circuit via Hardscrabble Hill and Murphy Hogback
100 miles of canyon shelf road. No margin for drift.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Abra del Acay — San Antonio de los Cobres to Cachi via South America’s Highest National Road
Highest national road in South America. Earn it.
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Shore
Shipwrecks, seals, and zero margin for error.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Walden to Steamboat Springs via Zirkel Wilderness and Hahns Peak
Elk country above treeline, no crowds.
Kenya
ExpertMarsabit to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via the Chalbi Desert Edge
Two hundred clicks of lava and no mercy.
Alaska
ExtremeTatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Road — Haines to Dry Bay via Dalton Post and the Alsek River
Glaciers, grizzlies, and no way out.
Arizona
DifficultArizona BDR Central-South Connector — Payson to Globe via the Mazatzal Wilderness Edge and Pinal Mountains
Mazatzal to Pinals — Arizona backcountry at its quietest.