North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Tellico Plains to Robbinsville via the Cherohala Skyway Backdoor and Unicoi Mountains
Appalachian ridge dirt that earns every mile.
Surface: Gravel
Oregon
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants Pass to Cave Junction via the Illinois Valley and Siskiyou Wilderness Fringe
Oregon's weird geology, zero crowds.
England
DifficultHardknott and Wrynose Passes — Eskdale to Little Langdale via the Lake District’s Hardest Paved Road
England's steepest road. Romans built it. You'll feel it.
Corsica
ModerateCorsica Alta Strada — Bonifacio to Bastia via the GR20 Spine Road and Col de Bavella (Island High-Altitude Traverse)
Granite needles, cliff roads, no guardrails. Pure island.
Alaska
ModerateKlondike Highway — Skagway to Whitehorse via White Pass Summit and Bennett Lake (Classic Full Traverse)
The gold-rush road that still demands respect.
Canada
ModerateTrans-Labrador Highway — Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Red Bay via the Labrador Coastal Wilderness (Eastbound Full Run)
Canada's last great wilderness highway. Earn the coast.
Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor (Classic Full Traverse)
The world's great southern road. Every km earned.
Australia
ModerateStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Cooper Creek Desert Corridor (Classic Full Traverse)
Burke and Wills died here. You don't have to.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants to Silver City via the Gila National Forest and Continental Divide Dirt Corridor (New Mexico Full Segment)
New Mexico empty. No pavement, no people.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Markam via Litang, Batang, and the High Tibetan Plateau (G318 Central High Segment)
Roof of the world, no guardrails.