Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Osh to Ishkashim via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
The roof of the world has a road. It barely qualifies.
Trail Type: Backcountry
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Gao via the Trans-Saharan Highway Western Corridor
The original Trans-Saharan — built on sand and guts.
Australia
DifficultTanami Track — Alice Springs to Halls Creek via the Tanami Desert
A thousand clicks of corrugated red nothing.
Alaska
DifficultTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dry Bay via the Alsek Wilderness Corridor
The road that ends at the edge of the ice age.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Forest Road Circuit
Edge of the continent. Logging roads and silence.
Papua New Guinea
ExpertKokoda Track Vehicle Approach — Sogeri Plateau to Kokoda via the Owen Stanley Foothills
WWII jungle corridor. Nothing prepares you.
Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Ajo to Yuma via the Sonoran Desert Borderlands Track
The Devil's Highway still collects its toll.
Hela Province
ExtremeCondom Road — Mount Hagen to Tari via Southern Highlands Highland Highway Spur
The Highlands route that earns every mile.
Kunene Region
DifficultHuab River Conservancy Track — Damaraland Desert Valley Drive via Palmwag to Twyfelfontein
Petroglyphs, elephants, and zero guardrails.
Algeria
ExtremePiste du Tassili n’Ajjer — Djanet to Tamanrasset via the Saharan Plateau Gorge Circuit
Saharan plateau rock art and zero margin for error.