Alberta
ModerateIcefields Parkway — Jasper to Lake Louise via Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier (Full North-to-South Traverse)
The Rockies' greatest highway, glacier to glacier.
Surface: Gravel
Jalal-Abad Region
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Jalalabad to Arslanbob via the Fergana Range High Spine and Walnut Forest Plateau
The world's biggest walnut forest, earned.
Canada
ModerateTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dalton Post via the Klukshu River Valley
UNESCO wilderness on a dirt road no one talks about.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Son-Kul Lake High Plateau via Moldo-Ashuu Pass
A glacial lake at 3,000m. Earn every metre.
Montana
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Dillon to Missoula via the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Divide
Big sky, no crowds, Continental Divide dirt.
British Columbia
ModerateChilkoot Trail Access Road to Bennett Lake — White Pass Backcountry via Log Cabin
Gold Rush ghosts at the end of the line.
Limpopo
ModerateMusth Elephant Trail — Satara to Pafuri via the Lebombo Mountains and Limpopo Floodplain
The wild north of Africa's greatest park.
Baja California
DifficultTranspeninsularBaja Norte — Tecate to San Felipe via Sierra Juárez and Valle de la Trinidad
Baja's granite backbone, border to sea.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Lewisburg to Ranger via the Virginia Highlands and New River Valley
Appalachian hollows on America's dirt highway.
KwaZulu-Natal
DifficultSani Pass — Himeville to Sani Top via the Drakensberg Escarpment Wall (Full Climb)
Southern Africa's most iconic 4x4 pass.