Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Manning Gorge to El Questro via Pentecost River Crossing and Cockburn Range
Crocs, corrugations, and the Cockburn Range.
Surface: Rock
Morocco
ExpertToubkal High Atlas Piste — Imlil to Lac d’Ifni via Tizi n’Ouanoums and the Toubkal Cirque Approach
Berber mule tracks to North Africa's alpine heart.
Namibia
ExpertNamib Desert Welwitschia Plains to Messum Crater — Erongo Volcanic Desert Traverse
Volcanic crater. Zero people. Real Namib.
Idaho
ExpertLolo Motorway — Nez Perce Trail from Lowell to Powell via FR 500 Full Traverse
Lewis and Clark's ridgeline. Still brutal.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Alpine via the Blue Range and Mogollon Rim Divide
The TAT's wildest desert-mountain divide.
India
ExpertZoji La Winter Approach — Sonamarg to Drass via the Kashmir High Pass
The Himalaya's most unforgiving gatekeeper.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Piute Spring to Mid Hills via Keystone Spring and Rock Springs Lake (Interior Segment)
Old Government Road through the desert's quiet heart.
Algeria
ExpertTataga Pass to Arous — Saharan Atlas High Piste via Djebel Amour
Where the Atlas ends and the Sahara begins.
Kunene Region
ExpertKaokoland Wilderness Traverse — Opuwo to Epupa Falls via Otjihipa Mountains and Marienfluss Valley
Africa's edge. No roads, no signal, no excuses.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Roballos — Cochrane to Balmaceda via the Northern Ice Fields Plateau and Chilean Border Crossing
Patagonia's forgotten border crossing. No crowds, no services.