Baja California
DifficultBaja Divide North — Ensenada to San Ignacio via the Sierra San Pedro Mártir High Spine
Baja before the gringo crowds — granite, cardón, and silence.
Feature: High Altitude
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Sarhad-e-Broghil to Little Pamir via the Afghan High Pamirs
The edge of the map, in a valley with no way out.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 23 to Well 51 via the Great Sandy Desert Core
900 km of dunes, dust, and no safety net.
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Kar — Rupshu Plateau High Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
Salt lakes and sulphur vents at 15,000 feet.
Colorado
DifficultAlpine Loop — Cinnamon Pass to Engineer Pass via Animas Forks Ghost Town
Two 12,000-ft passes, one ghost town, zero guardrails.
Kenya
ExtremeTurkana Basin Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to Sibiloi via Lake Turkana’s Eastern Shore
Jade desert shore. Fossil beds. No rescue coming.
China
ModerateSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Litang via the Tibetan Plateau High Spine (G318)
G318: where China ends and Tibet begins.
Mpumalanga
EasyHighveld to Lowveld Escarpment — Abel Erasmus Pass to Blyde River Canyon via Graskop
Africa's green canyon on a knife-edge drop.
Alaska
ModerateCondom Road — Hatcher Pass Road to Willow Creek Summit via Independence Mine
Gold mines and tundra summits above Anchorage.
Kunene Region
ExtremeNamibia’s Van Zyl’s Pass — Otjihende to Marienfluss Valley via the Kaokoland Divide
Africa's most serious mountain descent.