Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway – Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Spine
Alaska's forgotten highway. Denali straight ahead.
Surface: Gravel
China
ModerateKarakoram Highway – Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via Gez Canyon and Karakul Lake
Built on bones. The Karakoram's Chinese spine.
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park – Ugabmund to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Coastal Desert
Bones, seals, and 200km of no return.
Mongolia
ExpertGobi Desert Bayanzag to Khongoryn Els — Southern Mongolian Desert Circuit via Moltsog Els
Dinosaur cliffs to singing dunes. No roads, no rules.
Texas
ModerateMaverick County Ranch Road — Eagle Pass to Quemado via the Rio Grande Brush Country
Brush country caliche where the border runs wild.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Far South — Tres Lagos to Río Turbio via the Patagonian Steppe High Desert
Patagonian steppe. Wind, gravel, nothing. Perfect.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Baja Desert Interior — El Rosario to Cataviña via Valle de los Cirios
Boojum trees and boulders. Pure Baja magic.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Crested Butte via the Collegiate Peaks High Crossing
12,126 feet of Continental Divide gravel.
Botswana
ModerateNxai Pan and Baines’ Baobabs Desert Circuit — Gweta to Nxai Pan Camp via Baines’ Baobabs and Kudiakam Pan
Ancient baobabs on a fossil lakebed.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Pentecost River to Mitchell Falls via King Edward River and Drysdale River Station (Northern Kimberley Spur)
Crocs, cascades, and Kimberley wilderness.