New Mexico
ModerateLobo Peak to Taos Ski Valley — Carson National Forest High Divide Road
11,500 feet of aspen and elk above Taos.
Surface: Dirt
Alaska
ModerateKennecott to McCarthy Road — Wrangell-St. Elias Glacier Country Drive
Railroad spikes, glacier views, and zero cell service.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Baie-Comeau to Labrador City via the Quebec-Labrador Divide
North America's loneliest highway. Earn it.
Lesotho
ExpertLesotho Highlands Traverse — Maseru to Semonkong via the Maluti Mountain Interior
Africa's Mountain Kingdom on its own brutal terms.
Venezuela
DifficultRoraima Tepui Base Circuit — Santa Elena de Uairén to Paraitepui via the Gran Sabana
Lost World. Found the hard way.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway — Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range
134 miles of tundra with Denali on your dashboard.
Botswana
DifficultTrans-Kalahari Crossing — Windhoek to Nata via the Kalahari Basin
Red sand, fossil rivers, and lion tracks at dawn.
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeRoad of Bones — Magadan to Yakutsk via Kolyma Highway
Built on bones. Every kilometer proves it.
Aysén
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via Patagonia’s Spine
Patagonia's spine. Where the road ends, the ice begins.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Linares via the Andean High Crossing
The Andes without the crowd. Just the crossing.