Australia
ModerateBirdsville Track — Marree to Birdsville via the Tirari and Strzelecki Desert Fringe
The original outback cattle road. Five hundred clicks of red nothing.
Surface: Gravel
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Bâlea Lac to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing
Ceaușescu's mountain scar. Europe's wildest paved pass.
England
DifficultHardknott and Wrynose Passes — Eskdale to Little Langdale via the Lake District’s Hardest Road
England's steepest road — no room for mistakes.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Lennard River to Adcock Gorge via the Kimberley Ranges Spine
Bulldust, crossings, and gorge-country solitude.
Idaho
DifficultGrave Creek to Magruder Corridor — Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Divide via Paradise Guard Station
100 miles of wilderness road. No way out but through.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Markam to Zuogong via Dongda La High Pass and Lancang River Canyon
Sea-level canyon to 5,000m pass in one gut-punch climb.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Barnett River Gorge to Pentecost River via Mount Barnett Station and Manning Gorge
Kimberley corrugations, crocs, and cold gorge water.
Canada
ModerateKluane–Haines Junction High Country Road — Dezadeash Lake to Kathleen Lake via the St. Elias Mountain Front
Biggest icefields in North America. Smallest crowds.
Alberta
DifficultGibb River Road — Tunnel Creek to Windjana Gorge via Napier Range Limestone Corridor (Wet Season Approach)
The Rocky Mountain spine — no guardrails.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertDrakensberg Sani Pass — Himeville to Mokhotlong via the Escarpment Wall
Highest border crossing in Africa. Earn it.