Morocco
DifficultPiste du Dades — Boumalne Dades to Msemrir via the Dades Gorge and High Atlas Plateau
Past the tourist switchbacks, the real Dades begins.
Surface: Rock
Mauritania
ExtremePiste de Tichit-Oualata — Tichit to Oualata via the Aoukar Depression Ancient Caravan Road
Two UNESCO ghost cities. Zero margin for error.
Arizona
ModerateArizona BDR Southern Segment — Nogales to Safford via the Sky Islands and Pinaleno Mountains
Desert floor to alpine spruce — the Sky Islands in one run.
Morocco
ExpertToubkal Circuit High Atlas Piste — Imlil to Aroumd via Tizi n’Ouanoums and Tizi n’Tadat
North Africa's highest peak from a driver's seat.
Graubünden
DifficultPasso dello Spluga — Chiavenna to Splügen via the Italian-Swiss Alpine High Road
Napoleon moved an army here. Your rig can handle it.
North Carolina
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Hector to Murphy via the Unicoi Mountain Divide
The TAT's Appalachian teeth — bring a winch.
Himachal Pradesh
DifficultManali–Leh Highway — Manali to Leh via Rohtang Pass, Baralacha La, and Tanglang La
Five passes. Four months. Zero margin for error.
India
DifficultZoji La to Drass — Kashmir Gateway High Pass via the Srinagar–Leh Corridor
The locked door between Kashmir and Ladakh.
Chad
ExtremePiste de l’Ennedi — Fada to Archei Guelta via the Ennedi Massif Rock Art Circuit
Prehistoric art and desert crocs. No safety net.
Chad
ExtremePiste du Tibesti — Faya-Largeau to Zouar via the Tibesti Volcanic Massif
Africa's forgotten volcanoes. No safety net.