Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway — Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Corridor
Alaska's forgotten highway. The best kind of forgotten.
Feature: Scenic
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park Traverse — Springbokwasser to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Desert Shore
Permitted wilderness. Shipwrecks. No second chances.
Italy
ModerateStelvio Pass Road — Prato allo Stelvio to Bormio via the Italian Alps High Circuit
48 hairpins. One brutal alpine legend.
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultRohtang Pass to Sarchu — Manali-Leh Highway High Corridor
Two 5,000m passes. No guardrails. No excuses.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Wiluna to Halls Creek via the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts
51 wells. 1,850km. No bail-out.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Mountain Zebra 4×4 Trail
Lunar desert. Canyon country. No mercy.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Wakhan River Valley
The Silk Road's forgotten end of the earth.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Damascus via the North Carolina High Country
Where the TAT earns its dirt — deep Appalachia.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertSani Pass — Himeville to Mokhotlong via the Drakensberg Escarpment
The Drakensberg's most brutal border crossing.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Fjords
The end of the road. Literally.