Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Coldfoot to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, and North Slope (North Segment)
End of the road. Arctic Ocean or bust.
Feature: Camping
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Southern Entry via Windjana Gorge)
The Kimberley's red-dirt rite of passage.
Idaho
ExpertMagruder Corridor Road — Darby to Elk City via the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Divide (Full Traverse)
100 miles of wilderness road with nowhere to bail out.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed, Classic Dry Season Full Traverse, Northern Approach)
660km of Kimberley gorge country, no apologies.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.
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.