Namibia
DifficultSossusvlei to Naukluft Mountain Plateau — Hardap Desert High Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to gorge country in one savage Namibian day.
Surface: Dirt
Canada
ExpertWakuach Lake to Attikamagen — Trans-Labrador Wilderness Track via Schefferville Iron Range
Muskeg, iron ore, and no one coming to help.
Botswana
ModerateNossob to Twee Rivieren — Kgalagadi Transfrontier Fossil Riverbed Drive
Lions in the sand, no guardrails, no excuses.
Argentina
ExpertPaso Vergara to Cochrane — Aysén Highland Plateau Road via Lago Verde and the Palena Valley
Patagonia's forgotten crossing — ford it or turn back.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Bell Gorge via Barnett River and Beverley Springs Station
Kimberley gorges, corrugations, and one big river.
Khövsgöl Province
ExpertTsaatan Reindeer Herder Track — Mörön to Tsagaannuur via Ulaan-Uul and Darkhad Depression
Into Mongolia's deep taiga — no roads, no signal, no margins.
California
ModerateCrowley Lake to Benton Crossing — Owens Valley Volcanic Tableland Desert Loop via Long Valley Caldera
Hot springs and obsidian in the volcanic east Sierra.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles Norte — Paso Pircas Negras to Fiambalá via the Puna de Atacama Volcano Corridor
Six-thousand-metre peaks and zero traffic.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic)
The Kimberley's red dirt backbone.
South Dakota
ModerateRowdy Ridge to Thunder Basin — Black Hills Backcountry High Divide
Shale ridges, ponderosa, and fifty miles of nothing.