New Zealand
ModerateNinety Mile Beach — Ahipara to Te Paki Stream
A tide-timed sand highway to the top of New Zealand.
Feature: Scenic
USA
ModerateShafer Trail Road — Island in the Sky to Potash Road via the Shafer Switchbacks
A uranium-era cliff road dropped into canyon country.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateBabusar Pass — Naran to Chilas
13,691 feet between the Kaghan and the Karakoram.
USA
EasyCottonwood Canyon Road — Cannonville to US-89
Utah slickrock country without the crowds.
Colombia
ModerateTrampolín de la Muerte — San Francisco to Mocoa
A one-lane shelf road down to the Amazon.
New Zealand
ModerateNevis Road
NZ's highest public road, gold-rush ruins and fords.
Colorado
DifficultPearl Pass
Where mountain biking was born, now a 4x4 classic.
South Africa
ModerateGamkaskloof Road (Die Hel) — Swartberg Pass Summit to Gamkaskloof
Down the Ladder into the valley that time forgot
USA
EasyHell’s Backbone Road — Boulder to Escalante via Posey Lake and Hell’s Backbone Bridge
Cross the knife-edge bridge they built in 1933
Iceland
ModerateLaki Road F206 — Ring Road to Lakagígar via Fagrifoss and the Laki Craters
Drive into the fissure that nearly erased Iceland