British Columbia
DifficultTatlow Road to Chilcotin Plateau — Chilcotin Wilderness High Road via Big Creek Provincial Park
Chilcotin canyon country, almost zero company.
Surface: Gravel
Bolivia
ExpertCamino de la Muerte — La Paz to Coroico via the North Yungas Death Road
The road that earned its name in blood.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway — Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Corridor
Alaska's forgotten highway. The best kind of forgotten.
Italy
ModerateStelvio Pass Road — Prato allo Stelvio to Bormio via the Italian Alps High Circuit
48 hairpins. One brutal alpine legend.
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultRohtang Pass to Sarchu — Manali-Leh Highway High Corridor
Two 5,000m passes. No guardrails. No excuses.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Mountain Zebra 4×4 Trail
Lunar desert. Canyon country. No mercy.
North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Damascus via the North Carolina High Country
Where the TAT earns its dirt — deep Appalachia.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertSani Pass — Himeville to Mokhotlong via the Drakensberg Escarpment
The Drakensberg's most brutal border crossing.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Fjords
The end of the road. Literally.
Nevada
ModerateLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Beatty via Lida Valley and Bare Mountain
Nevada ghost town belt to Death Valley's back door.