New Zealand
ModerateNevis Road
NZ's highest public road, gold-rush ruins and fords.
Feature: Water Crossings
Colorado
DifficultPearl Pass
Where mountain biking was born, now a 4x4 classic.
Iceland
ModerateLaki Road F206 — Ring Road to Lakagígar via Fagrifoss and the Laki Craters
Drive into the fissure that nearly erased Iceland
Georgia
ModerateMestia to Ushguli Road
Tower villages and glaciers at the end of the road.
Australia
ModerateWestern Explorer Road — Corinna to Arthur River via the Pieman River Ferry and the Tarkine
Rainforest gravel with a ferry to start.
Colorado
DifficultSchofield Pass — Crested Butte to Marble via Devil’s Punchbowl
Colorado's narrowest ledge, over to marble country
Gilgit-Baltistan
DifficultShimshal Road — Passu to Shimshal via the Shimshal River Gorge
Hand-blasted Karakoram shelf road to a hidden valley
Australia
ModerateDargo High Plains Road — Dargo to Mount Hotham via the Victorian Alps
Snow gums, shelf roads and Victorian High Country
New Zealand
EasyMolesworth Road — Hanmer Springs to Blenheim via Jollies Pass and the Acheron
NZ's longest backcountry road through a working station
Iceland
ModerateÞórsmörk Road F249 and the Krossá Crossing
Iceland's glacial river road into Thor's Valley