Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Agadez via the Trans-Saharan Desert Corridor
Six centuries of caravans. Zero guarantees.
Feature: High Altitude
Colorado
DifficultSlumgullion Pass to Silverton — Alpine Loop High Spine via Cinnamon and Engineer Passes
Two 12,000-foot passes. Ghost towns. Real exposure.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Hoggar Ouest — Tamanrasset to In Salah via the Atakor Volcanic Plateau Western Descent
The Sahara's western descent — unforgiving and vast.
Argentina
ExpertPaso de Agua Negra — Rodeo to Vicuña via the Andes High Desert Crossing
4,765 m of volcanic Andean desert and thin air.
Montana
ModerateBeartooth Highway — Red Lodge to Cooke City via the Montana–Wyoming High Plateau
11,000 ft of open tundra, switchbacks, and zero mercy.
Morocco
ModerateTizi n’Test Pass Road — Marrakech to Taroudant via the High Atlas Southern Spine
High Atlas death-drop road with an ancient mosque in the clouds.
Argentina
DifficultRuta del Libertador — San Juan to Uspallata via Barreal and the Calingasta Valley
Pre-Andean canyon country. Rivers, red rock, zero traffic.
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Bâlea Lac to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing
Ceaușescu's mountain scar. Europe's wildest paved pass.
Kenya
ExpertTurkana Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to North Horr via the Chalbi Desert Fringe
Jade lake to salt flat — East Africa at its rawest.
Gandaki Province
ExpertTatopani to Kagbeni — Mustang Salt Trail via Kali Gandaki Gorge
The world's deepest gorge on four wheels.