California
ModerateMojave Road — Government Holes to Afton Canyon via Soda Lake Playa
Salt playa, basalt canyon, and 200 years of desert history.
Surface: Rock
Kenya
ExpertTurkwel Gorge Road — Lodwar to Lokichar via the Turkwel River Canyon
Lava, sand, and silence in Kenya's forgotten northwest.
Australia
ExpertGibb River Road — Beverley Springs to Drysdale River Station via Mitchell Plateau Spur
The Kimberley at full throttle — no exits.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Sendelingsdrift to Kuboes — Orange River Canyon Desert Track
Africa's hardest desert canyon at the river's edge.
Australia
DifficultSturt’s Stony Desert — Tibooburra to Innamincka via the Cameron Corner Track
Where three states meet and tyres go to die.
Namibia
ModerateBrandberg West Track — Uis to the White Lady via Damaraland Volcanic Desert
Desert volcanic giant. San art. Zero crowds.
Colorado
ExpertConcho Pass to Engineer Pass — Alpine Loop Connector via Animas Forks Ghost Town
13,000 feet, mine ruins, and no guardrails.
Africa
ExpertNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Gorge via Naukluft Plateau
Limestone switchbacks in Namibia's hidden highlands.
Africa
ExpertRichtersveld Lekkersing to Kuboes — Numees Desert Canyon Traverse via Numees Mine Road
Shale canyons, diamond ghosts, the Orange River below.
India
ExpertZoji La Pass Road — Srinagar to Kargil via the Gateway of Ladakh
The Himalayas' most unforgiving gate.