USA
ModerateTeton Crest Trail Road — Greys River Loop to Alpine via the Snake River Range South Spine
Wyoming's quiet canyon — 100 miles of almost no one.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert Track
Skeleton Coast fog to Africa's granite giant.
USA
ModerateEscalante Hole-in-the-Rock Road — Escalante to Lake Powell via the Grand Staircase Slickrock Corridor
Mormon pioneer slickrock — 1879 grit, still no easy way.
UK
ModerateRooftop of Wales — Elan Valley to Rhayader via the Cambrian Mountains High Moorland
Welsh moorland silence, Victorian dams, open bog.
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via Sequoia Backcountry High Valley
Marmots will eat your truck. Park anyway.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Steamboat Springs to Walden via Seedhouse Road and Parkview Mountain
North Park big sky via the Zirkel back door.
Australia
ModerateFlinders Ranges Brachina Gorge Geological Trail — Wilpena Pound to Blinman via the Pound Wall and Brachina Creek
Drive through 600 million years in an afternoon.
Argentina
ExpertPaso de Agua Negra — Rodeo to Vicuña via the Andes High Desert Crossing
4,765 m of volcanic Andean desert and thin air.
Argentina
DifficultRuta del Libertador — San Juan to Uspallata via Barreal and the Calingasta Valley
Pre-Andean canyon country. Rivers, red rock, zero traffic.
Kenya
ExpertTurkana Jade Sea Road — Loiyangalani to North Horr via the Chalbi Desert Fringe
Jade lake to salt flat — East Africa at its rawest.