Nevada
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Eureka to Ely via the Nevada Basin and Range Desert
Nevada's emptiest miles. Bring extra everything.
Surface: Mixed
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Seneca to Parsons via the Monongahela National Forest High Divide
Appalachian backcountry the parkway crowds never find.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles — Paso de San Francisco to Ojos del Salado Base Camp via the Atacama Volcano Corridor
Flanks of the world's highest volcano. No guardrails.
Argentina
ModerateTransandino del Sur — Bariloche to Puerto Montt via Paso Pérez Rosales and Todos los Santos Lake
Volcanoes, ferries, and two Patagonian national parks.
Azerbaijan
ModerateTranseca — Tbilisi to Baku via the South Caucasus Military Highway and Ganja Corridor
Silk Road dirt, Soviet ghosts, Caspian finish.
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Springbokwasser — Damaraland Coastal Desert Drive
Permit-only desert coast where ships come to die.
Alaska
ModerateDalton Highway — Fairbanks to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range and Atigun Pass (South Segment)
Alaska's pipeline road into the Brooks Range.
Tanzania
ExtremeMoyowosi–Kigosi Game Reserve Track — Tabora to Uvinza via the Western Tanzania Miombo Wilderness
Western Tanzania's loneliest road through lion country.
France
ModerateRallye des Cimes — Col de la Cayolle to Col de Vars via the Ubaye Alpine High Loop
Two high cols, one valley, zero guardrails.
USA
DifficultMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Full Run)
Absarokas, grizzlies, and Togwotee in your mirror.