Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Alichur Plateau (M41 High Segment)
4,200 meters and an Afghan border river at your elbow.
Feature: High Altitude
Italy
ModerateStelvio Pass High Alpine Road — Bormio to Prato allo Stelvio via 48 Hairpins and the Italian Alpine Roof
48 hairpins. The roof of the Italian Alps.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de l’Erg Chech — Tindouf to Bordj Badji Mokhtar via the Grand Western Erg and Ancient Trans-Saharan Caravan Route
Seven hundred kilometres of Saharan sand and silence.
Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi Est — Fada to Wour via the Eastern Ennedi Massif and Bisset Canyon
Africa's most remote sandstone cathedral.
Chad
ExtremePiste du Tibesti Nord — Zouar to Bardaï via the Tibesti Volcanic Massif Northern Approach
Africa's highest volcano. Zero company.
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeKolyma Highway — Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (R504 Full Traverse)
The Road of Bones. Earned, never given.
Agadez Region
ExpertPiste de l’Aïr — Iférouane to Timia Oasis via the Aïr Massif Northern Volcanic Plateau
Tuareg oasis route through volcanic Sahara.
Colorado
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Silverton to Durango via the La Plata Mountains and Missionary Ridge Burn Scar
Ghost towns, burn scars, and San Juan shelf roads.
New Zealand
DifficultRooftop of New Zealand — Lewis Pass to Springs Junction via the Lake Sumner Forest Park High Road
South Island rivers that vote with depth.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Far North — Susques to La Quiaca via the Puna de Jujuy and Bolivian Border
Puna silence at 3,600 metres — earn every km.