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.
Feature: Historic
Japan
ModerateTateyama Kurobe Alpine Route — Nagano to Toyama via the Northern Japan Alps High Crossing
Japan's 20-meter snow walls in late spring.
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.
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Shore
Shipwrecks, seals, and zero margin for error.
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.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Extreme South — El Chaltén to Tres Lagos via the Patagonian Steppe Wind Corridor
Ruta 40 raw — wind, ripio, and no mercy.
Nepal
DifficultTatopani to Muktinath — Upper Mustang Salt Road via Kali Gandaki Gorge and Kagbeni
Ancient salt road through the world's deepest gorge.
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Clifton Forge via the Ozark Plateau and Missouri Highlands
TAT's quiet heartland: Ozark dirt to Allegheny rock.