USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via Hazelton Road and Red Wall Country
Red Wall badlands. No traffic. No mercy.
Trail Type: Backcountry
California
ModerateCougar Buttes Road — Johnson Valley Desert Basin to Pioneertown via Bessemer Mine
Empty Mojave basin, granite, mine scars.
Colorado
ModerateRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench
Clay roads, canyon walls, two rivers.
USA
EasySawmill Road to Mount St. Helens Windy Ridge — Gifford Pinchot Volcanic Blast Zone via FR 99
Drive into the blast zone. It still hasn't forgiven.
Colorado
ModerateTaylor Park to Pitkin — Quartz Creek Road and Ohio Creek Backcountry via Cumberland Pass
12,000-foot pass through Colorado ghost country.
Arizona
DifficultMojave Road — Needles to Afton Canyon via Mojave Desert Historic Cross-Country Trail (East Segment)
Miners' shelf road to the sky.
Australia
ExpertOld Gunbarrel Highway
Len Beadell's desert track. No shortcuts.
Australia
ExpertOld Tulla Track (Innamincka to Birdsville)
Outback Channel Country at its most unforgiving.
Australia
DifficultOld Dunmarra Track (Hay River Track)
Flat, sandy, and brutally remote NT outback.
Australia
DifficultOld Dunmarra to Buntine Highway (Tablelands Track)
Flat, silent, and genuinely consequential.