Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bell Gorge to Beverley Springs via King Edward River and Barnett River Crossing
The Kimberley's loneliest corrugated stretch.
Feature: Remote
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Black Rock Desert Playa to Soldier Meadows via High Rock Canyon Rim
Playa to canyon. Flat to vertical. Nevada at its loneliest.
Botswana
ModerateNossob River Valley Track — Mata-Mata to Nossob Camp via the Kgalagadi Fossil Riverbed
Lions on a fossil river. No signal. No excuses.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Silent Grove to Adcock Gorge via King Leopold Ranges and Lennard River
Limestone gorges and corrugations in the Kimberley.
California
ModerateMojave Road Central — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Mid Hills and Hole-in-the-Wall
Mojave's volcanic heart — canyon to cliff face.
Ethiopia
ExpertNairobi to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via Marsabit and the Chalbi Desert
Kenya's hardest highway — not even close.
Sri Lanka
DifficultRooftop of Sri Lanka — Horton Plains to World’s End via the Central Highlands Plateau
4,000-foot drop at the edge of the world.
USA
ModerateGunsight Pass Road — Wind River Range Wilderness Backdoor via Big Sandy Desert and Lander Cutoff
Oregon Trail grit meets Wind River granite.
Namibia
DifficultSossusvlei to Naukluft Mountain Plateau — Hardap Desert High Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to gorge country in one savage Namibian day.
Canada
ExpertWakuach Lake to Attikamagen — Trans-Labrador Wilderness Track via Schefferville Iron Range
Muskeg, iron ore, and no one coming to help.