Magadan Oblast
ExtremeTrans-Siberian Offroad — Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (R504 Kolyma Highway)
Built on Gulag bones. Every kilometre costs something.
Surface: Gravel
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon
Army camels, lava fields, 140 miles of honest desert.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Tellico Plains via Cherohala Skyway Backdoor and Unicoi Mountains
Rocky Appalachian spine — no easy miles here.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Fairbanks to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, and Arctic Tundra (South to North Full Run)
Arctic Ocean or bust — 414 miles of no mercy.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Sost — Karakoram Highway Pakistan Summit Descent via Shimshal Valley Junction
The roof of the Karakoram — drive it or dream it.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Highway Baja 1000 Corridor — El Rosario to Guerrero Negro via the Baja Desert Interior
Where the Baja 1000 was born. No shortcuts.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Northern Segment — Fredonia to Kanab via the Arizona Strip and House Rock Valley
Grand Canyon's back porch. No guardrails.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Paso Pehuenche via the Andes Volcanic Divide
Cross the Andes where the crowds don't go.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Waterville to Damascus via the Blue Ridge High Spine
Southern Appalachian ridge roads most people never find.
Algeria
DifficultPiste de l’Hoggar — In Salah to Tamanrasset via the Saharan Heart
700 km of Sahara between you and the Hoggar.