Tanzania
ExtremeMoyowosi–Kigosi Game Reserve Track — Tabora to Uvinza via the Western Tanzania Miombo Wilderness
Western Tanzania's loneliest road through lion country.
Surface: Dirt
France
ModerateRallye des Cimes — Col de la Cayolle to Col de Vars via the Ubaye Alpine High Loop
Two high cols, one valley, zero guardrails.
USA
DifficultMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Full Run)
Absarokas, grizzlies, and Togwotee in your mirror.
Morocco
ModeratePiste de Tafraout — Agadir to Tafraout via the Anti-Atlas Granite Valleys and Painted Rocks
Pink granite, painted boulders, Berber highlands.
Alaska
ModeratePiste de l’Erg Murzuq — Ubari to Germa via the Fezzan Oasis Lakes and Sand Sea
Alaska's forgotten highway. The real one.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Robbinsville via the Great Smoky Mountains Backdoor and Nantahala Gorge
The TAT bites hardest in the Carolina wet forest.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Futaleufú — Carretera Austral Frontier Crossing via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia's back roads bite — bring recovery gear.
California
ModerateMontaña de Oro Bluff Trail and Islay Creek Road — San Luis Obispo Coast Backcountry via Valencia Peak
Pacific cliffs, creek crossings, zero crowds.
Idaho
ModerateIdaho BDR Southern Segment — Murphy to Rogerson via the Snake River Canyon Rim and Owyhee Desert
Owyhee emptiness — 200 miles of nobody.
New Zealand
ModerateMordor Road — Lake Ōhau to Ohau Skifield via the Mackenzie Basin High Terrace
Rohan is real. It's in the Mackenzie Basin.