Canada
DifficultCarcross Desert and Montana Mountain Road – Carcross to Conrad Basin via the Yukon Interior
North America's smallest desert leads to a Yukon alpine battleground.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Bolivia
ModerateRuta del Che — Vallegrande to La Higuera via the Bolivian Guerrilla Trail
Che's last road. Still as raw as the history.
Kidal Region
ExtremePiste de l’Adrar des Ifoghas — Kidal to Tessalit via the Malian Saharan Massif
Tuareg caravan country. No roads. No margin.
Bolívar State
DifficultRoraima Tepui Summit Road — Paraitepui to Monte Roraima Base Camp via Gran Sabana Savannah
Base of the world's oldest plateau.
Alaska
ModerateHatcher Pass Road — Palmer to Willow via Independence Mine and Hatcher Pass Summit
Tundra summit, gold mines, no guardrails.
Australia
DifficultTatton Track — Birdsville to Windorah via the Channel Country Floodplains
Channel Country swallows the unprepared.
Namibia
DifficultNaukluft Mountains 4×4 Trail — Büllsport to Tsauchab River Canyon via Naukluft Plateau Desert Spine
Limestone ledges, dry gorges, and the Namib edge.
New Zealand
DifficultMolesworth Station Road — Hanmer Springs to St. Arnaud via the Rainbow Valley and Isolated Flat
NZ's biggest station, zero tourists, real rivers.
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Granite Hot Springs — Hoback Canyon and Granite Creek Backcountry via US-189 and Granite Creek Road
Hoback Canyon to a natural hot spring — earn the soak.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Cockscomb Basin to US-89 via Grosvenor Arch and the Paria River Benchlands
46 miles of colour, clay, and a hidden double arch.