Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Manning Gorge to El Questro via Pentecost River Crossing and Cockburn Range
Crocs, corrugations, and the Cockburn Range.
Surface: Gravel
USA
ModerateCascade Wonderland Highway — White Pass to Packwood via FR 52 and the Goat Rocks Wilderness Fringe
Cascade high country without the crowds.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Mid Hills to Hole-in-the-Wall via Wild Horse Canyon and Black Canyon Road (Interior Loop)
Volcanic rings, Joshua trees, and zero cell bars.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Galvans Gorge to Adcock Gorge via Imintji and Barnett River Station (Classic Central Traverse)
Kimberley corrugations, gorges, and a sky full of stars.
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park — Springbokwasser to Ugabmund via the Central Namib Coastal Desert (Southbound Crossing)
Permit-locked desert coast. Earn every kilometer.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Extreme North — Susques to Abra Pampa via the Puna de Jujuy Volcanic Plateau
Puna volcanoes, salt flats, 4,200m cold starts.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Imintji to Adcock Gorge via Barnett River and Mount Elizabeth Station Junction
Kimberley corrugations, gorges, and cattle dust.
Namibia
ExpertNamib Desert Welwitschia Plains to Messum Crater — Erongo Volcanic Desert Traverse
Volcanic crater. Zero people. Real Namib.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Alpine via the Blue Range and Mogollon Rim Divide
The TAT's wildest desert-mountain divide.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Mount Elizabeth Station via Kimberley Plateau Heart
Corrugations, boabs, and earned isolation.