Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 9 to Well 23 via the Gibson Desert Central Corridor
Loneliest corridor on Earth's longest stock route.
Trail Type: Backcountry
British Columbia
DifficultChilcotin Plateau War Road — Williams Lake to Bella Coola via the Chilcotin Highway and Freedom Road Descent
Built by settlers with dynamite. Still scares people.
Erongo Region
DifficultNamib Desert Welwitschia to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert High Crossing via the Ugab River Terraces
Ancient plants, black lava, red granite giant.
Argentina
DifficultTierra del Fuego Off-Road Circuit — Lago Fagnano to Lago Escondido via the Sierra Alvear Spine
The bottom of the world, on dirt.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Piute Valley to Searchlight via Mojave Desert Southern Flank
Southern Mojave wash country. No crowds. No margin.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Montagu Pass — Western Cape Mountain Traverse via George
1847 convict-built pass. Stone bridges. No crowds.
Araucanía Region
DifficultRuta del Volcán — Villarrica Traverse via Curarrehue and Paso Mamuil Malal
Live volcano, river fords, Andean border grit.
Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Transfrontier Wilderness Track — Sendelingsdrift to Port Nolloth via the Orange River Canyon Desert
South Africa's mountain desert — earn every kilometer.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East-to-West Classic Crossing)
The Army's old Mojave crossing. Still dirt.
USA
DifficultWhite Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park Full Circuit via Hardscrabble Hill and Murphy Hogback
100 miles of canyon shelf road. No margin for drift.