Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Wiluna to Halls Creek via the Great Sandy Desert Full Traverse
1,850 km of desert. No margin. No shortcuts.
Surface: Mixed
Magadan Oblast
ExtremeTrans-Siberian Offroad — Yakutsk to Magadan via the Road of Bones (R504 Kolyma Highway)
Built on Gulag bones. Every kilometre costs something.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon
Army camels, lava fields, 140 miles of honest desert.
Agadez Region
ExtremePiste de l’Aïr — Agadez to Timia Oasis via the Aïr Massif Volcanic Core
Volcanic Sahara. Tuareg country. Expedition only.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Robbinsville to Tellico Plains via Cherohala Skyway Backdoor and Unicoi Mountains
Rocky Appalachian spine — no easy miles here.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway — Fairbanks to Deadhorse via the Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, and Arctic Tundra (South to North Full Run)
Arctic Ocean or bust — 414 miles of no mercy.
Namibia
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Tsauchab River Gorge to Büllsport via the Naukluft Plateau High Spine
Quartzite ledges and dead silence in the Namib.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Sost — Karakoram Highway Pakistan Summit Descent via Shimshal Valley Junction
The roof of the Karakoram — drive it or dream it.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Highway Baja 1000 Corridor — El Rosario to Guerrero Negro via the Baja Desert Interior
Where the Baja 1000 was born. No shortcuts.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Northern Segment — Fredonia to Kanab via the Arizona Strip and House Rock Valley
Grand Canyon's back porch. No guardrails.