Ethiopia
ExpertSimien Mountains High Road — Debark to Ras Dashen Base Camp via the Ethiopian Roof Escarpment
Ethiopia's escarpment edge — geladas, cliffs, and sky.
Surface: Mixed
California
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Piute Spring, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Night Sky Variant, West-to-East Return)
140 miles of Mojave history and volcanic grit.
USA
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Wytheville to Hector via the New River Valley and Kanawha Divide
Coal country, creek crossings, no crowds.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Vergara to Lago Verde — Aysén Highland Plateau via the Palena River Valley
Patagonia without the Instagram crowd.
Jamaica
ExpertGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Wet Season Closed, Full Traverse)
The jungle that ate the British Army.
Canada
ExpertTibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road — Yellowknife to Ekati Diamond Mine via the Arctic Ice Road
400 km of frozen lake. No road. No margin.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges to Adcock Gorge via Lennard River Gorge and Barnett River
Kimberley gorge country on corrugated red dirt.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Hoggar Est — Tamanrasset to Djanet via Hirafok and the Tassili Approach
700km of Saharan silence, no room for mistakes.
Tennessee
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Tellico Plains via the Unicoi Mountains
Deep Appalachia on Correro's original dirt.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Kununurra to Wyndham via Cambridge Gulf and Keep River Approach
The Kimberley's forgotten eastern door.