Norway
ModerateTrollstigen to Geiranger — Sunnmøre Mountain Road via Ørnevegen and Eagle Road Descent (Norway Classic High Route)
Eleven hairpins up a waterfall. Then eleven down.
Feature: Scenic
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.
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.
Kentucky
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Meridian to Lewisburg via the Ozark Plateau and Kentucky Highlands
Ozark clay to Appalachian ridgelines — the TAT's forgotten middle.
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.
Alaska
ExpertTatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Road — Haines to Dry Bay via Dalton Post and the Alsek River Corridor (Full Classic Traverse)
Glacier rivers, grizzlies, and no way out.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Asheville via Pisgah National Forest and Black Mountains
Appalachian hardwood doubletrack at its finest.
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.