California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Full East-to-West Historic Crossing)
138 miles of wagon-rut Mojave history, end to end.
Surface: Dirt
Mozambique
ExpertGorongosa to Cahora Bassa — Tete Corridor Wilderness Track via the Zambezi Escarpment
Raw Mozambican bush to Africa's great inland sea.
New Zealand
DifficultOld Ghost Road — Lyell to Seddonville via the Victorian Range Spine
A 19th-century goldfield ghost route across the West Coast spine.
Mauritania
ExpertPiste de l’Adrar — Chinguetti to Ouadane via the Mauritanian Saharan Plateau
Ancient caravan route across the raw Saharan plateau.
Alaska
DifficultNabesna Road — Slana to Nabesna via the Wrangell Mountains Volcanic Foothills
Dead-end road into volcano country, Alaska.
Mauritania
ExtremePiste de Tichit — Tidjikja to Tichit via the Aoukar Depression and Saharan Cliff Towns
Medieval ghost town at the edge of everything.
USA
ModerateTeton Crest Trail Road — Greys River Loop to Alpine via the Snake River Range South Spine
Wyoming's quiet canyon — 100 miles of almost no one.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Windjana Gorge to Lennard River Gorge via Napier Range Limestone Corridor
Devonian reef, boabs, and a crossing that bites.
USA
ModerateEscalante Hole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slickrock Corridor
Mormon pioneer slickrock — 1879 grit, still no easy way.
UK
ModerateRooftop of Wales — Elan Valley to Rhayader via the Cambrian Mountains High Moorland
Welsh moorland silence, Victorian dams, open bog.