USA
ModerateTeton Pass Road — Alpine to Jackson via the Snake River Canyon Rim and Greys River Loop
Wyoming's elk-packed canyon road to Jackson.
Surface: Gravel
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Kalumburu Road Junction to Mitchell Falls via Drysdale River and King Edward River Crossings
Kimberley's hardest reward: Mitchell Falls.
Alaska
ModerateTaylor Highway — Tok to Eagle via the Fortymile River Canyon and American Summit
End of the road. No, really — the actual end.
Peru
DifficultHuarney to Chavín de Huántar — Cordillera Blanca Desert Canyon Traverse via Quebrada Malvas
Ancient ruins at the end of a canyon nobody takes.
Argentina
ModerateRuta Nacional 40 — El Chaltén to Tres Lagos via Patagonian Wind and Steppe
Wind, gravel, and the end of the world.
Himachal Pradesh
ExpertRohtang Pass to Spiti Valley — Kunzum La High Crossing via Chandra River
Two passes, zero mercy, infinite reward.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Drysdale River Station to Kalumburu via the Kimberley Far North Track
The road to nowhere — and everywhere.
India
DifficultLeh to Pangong Tso — Chang La High Altitude Desert Crossing via Durbuk and Shyok Valley
Chang La to Pangong — where earth runs out of colour.
Northern Cape
DifficultRichtersveld Groot Derm to Port Nolloth — Namaqualand Coastal Desert Track via Natab
Diamond country dirt — fog, quartzite, silence.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Home Valley Station to Wyndham via Pentecost River Mouth and Cambridge Gulf
Crocodiles, corrugations, and Cambridge Gulf.