Argentina
ModeratePaso Pehuenche — Malargüe to Chilean Border via the Andes Volcanic Divide (Argentina Side)
Patagonia's loneliest Andean crossing.
Surface: Gravel
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Eagle Plains to Fort McPherson via the Richardson Mountains and Peel Plateau
Cross the Arctic Circle on gravel. Mean it.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Imintji to Bell Gorge via Silent Grove and King Leopold Ranges Central Traverse
Gorge swimming earned the hard way.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Ranger to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Forgotten ridge roads and rhododendron tunnels.
Alberta
EasyIcefields Parkway South — Lake Louise to Saskatchewan Crossing via Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Glaciers, turquoise lakes, and zero bad views.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Southern Namibian Canyon Desert
Africa's great canyon from the rim down.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to El Questro via the Kimberley Gorge Country (King Leopold Ranges Central Traverse)
The Kimberley's corrugated spine.
Alberta
ModerateHighwood Pass Road — Kananaskis Country High Alpine Traverse via Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Canada's highest road. No guardrails. No crowds.
Alaska
ModerateChilkoot Pass Road — Skagway to the Yukon Interior via White Pass Summit
Gold Rush corridor. The pass still bites.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lewisburg to Clifton Forge via the Allegheny Highland Divide
Allegheny ridgelines, Civil War soil, zero crowds.