Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Ugab River Mouth to Brandberg — Damaraland Volcanic Desert Track
Skeleton Coast fog to Africa's granite giant.
Trail Type: High Clearance
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.
Botswana
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Alternate Entry)
120km of fossilised riverbed and lion country.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Steamboat Springs to Walden via Seedhouse Road and Parkview Mountain
North Park big sky via the Zirkel back door.
Marrakech-Safi
DifficultOurika Valley to Oukaimeden — High Atlas Ski Station Desert Climb via Tizi n’Ait Imguer
Berber villages to Africa's highest ski run.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Faizabad to Ishkashim via Kokcha River Valley
The last real Silk Road. No safety net.
Colorado
DifficultSlumgullion Pass to Silverton — Alpine Loop High Spine via Cinnamon and Engineer Passes
Two 12,000-foot passes. Ghost towns. Real exposure.
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.