Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park — Möwe Bay to Kunene River Mouth via the Far Northern Namib Shore
Where Namibia ends and the Atlantic begins.
Surface: Gravel
British Columbia
ModerateTlell River to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Interior Track via Tow Hill
Ancient islands, basalt shores, and zero traffic.
Algeria
ExtremeTanezrouft Track — Reggane to Bordj Mokhtar via the Empty Quarter of the Sahara
The Land of Fear. Seven hundred clicks of nothing.
Kenya
DifficultIsiolo to Moyale — Northern Frontier Road via Marsabit and the Chalbi Desert
Kenya's edge — desert, volcano, and nothing between.
Texas
ModerateBig Bend Backcountry — River Road East from Rio Grande Village to La Linda (Old Mexico Border Road)
51 miles of Rio Grande desert with zero bailouts.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan High Route — Kochkor to Kazarman via Kalmak Ashuu Pass and the Suusamyr Valley
Kyrgyz high passes and jailoo silence.
Argentina
ModerateRuta 40 Extreme Far South — Río Turbio to Río Gallegos via the Patagonian Steppe Wind Corridor
Wind, steppe, and the bottom of the world.
Alaska
ModerateWhite Pass and Yukon Route Road — Skagway to Carcross via White Pass Summit
Gold Rush ghosts on a 3,300-ft summit road.
Kunene Region
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park — Ugabmund to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Coastal Desert
Shipwrecks, seals, and no way out.
Nevada
DifficultNevada BDR Southern Segment — Tonopah to Las Vegas via the Mojave Desert Fringe and Eldorado Valley
Ghost towns, wild horses, and no casinos in sight.