Canada
ModerateLiard Trail — Fort Simpson to Nahanni Butte via the Liard River Valley and Mackenzie Mountains Fringe
End of the road — literally — in Canada's subarctic.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Hoback Junction — Snake River Range Backcountry via Greys River Road
Back side of the Tetons — elk, river, no crowds.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Bell Gorge to Manning Gorge Central Traverse)
The Kimberley's gorge heart, red and raw.
Colorado
DifficultRooftop of the Rockies — Mosquito Pass Road via Leadville and Alma
Highest named pass road in the USA.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertWakhan Corridor Road — Langar to Ishkashim via the Panj River Valley (Tajikistan Side Full Run)
Drive the edge of the world. Afghanistan next door.
Alaska
DifficultNabesna Road — Slana to Nabesna via the Wrangell Mountains Volcanic Foothills (Full Traverse)
Dead-end road into America's biggest wilderness.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Classic East-to-West Dry Season Crossing)
140 miles of Mojave history under your tyres.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultPamir Highway — Osh to Dushanbe via the Wakhan Corridor Junction and Murghab Plateau (M41 Full Traverse)
The Roof of the World, unfiltered.
South Africa
ModerateSwartberg Pass — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn via the Great Karoo Mountain Crest
Bain's stone masterpiece — Africa's finest mountain pass.
British Columbia
ExpertTlell River to Cape Fife — Haida Gwaii East Coast Wilderness Track via Naikoon Provincial Park
North Pacific beach driving on Haida territory.