Ad Dakhiliyah
DifficultWadi Bani Awf Road — Al Hamra to Rustaq via Balad Sayt and the Western Hajar Mountains
Steep, narrow, and nothing between you and the wadi.
Surface: Rock
Colorado
ModerateTincup Pass — Tincup to St. Elmo
Divide-top shelf road between two ghost towns
Colorado
DifficultPearl Pass
Where mountain biking was born, now a 4x4 classic.
Colorado
DifficultSchofield Pass — Crested Butte to Marble via Devil’s Punchbowl
Colorado's narrowest ledge, over to marble country
USA
DifficultElephant Hill — Needles District to Devil’s Kitchen, Canyonlands
Switchbacks, slot lanes, and Needles country
USA
DifficultHell’s Revenge — Moab Sand Flats Slickrock Gauntlet via Hell’s Gate and the Tip-Over Challenge
Slickrock that sticks. Your nerve is the variable.
Kunene Region
ExtremeSkeleton Coast Wilderness — Serra Cafema to Marienfluss Valley via Hartmann Valley and Kunene River Sand Road
Kaokoland's hardest loop. No half measures.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Murghab to Langar via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Alichur Plateau (M41 High Segment)
4,200 meters and an Afghan border river at your elbow.
Italy
ModerateStelvio Pass High Alpine Road — Bormio to Prato allo Stelvio via 48 Hairpins and the Italian Alpine Roof
48 hairpins. The roof of the Italian Alps.
Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi Est — Fada to Wour via the Eastern Ennedi Massif and Bisset Canyon
Africa's most remote sandstone cathedral.