USA
ModerateGunsight Pass Road — Wind River Range Wilderness Backdoor via Big Sandy Desert and Lander Cutoff
Oregon Trail grit meets Wind River granite.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Namibia
DifficultSossusvlei to Naukluft Mountain Plateau — Hardap Desert High Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Dunes to gorge country in one savage Namibian day.
Botswana
ModerateNossob to Twee Rivieren — Kgalagadi Transfrontier Fossil Riverbed Drive
Lions in the sand, no guardrails, no excuses.
Khövsgöl Province
ExpertTsaatan Reindeer Herder Track — Mörön to Tsagaannuur via Ulaan-Uul and Darkhad Depression
Into Mongolia's deep taiga — no roads, no signal, no margins.
California
ModerateCrowley Lake to Benton Crossing — Owens Valley Volcanic Tableland Desert Loop via Long Valley Caldera
Hot springs and obsidian in the volcanic east Sierra.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles Norte — Paso Pircas Negras to Fiambalá via the Puna de Atacama Volcano Corridor
Six-thousand-metre peaks and zero traffic.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic)
The Kimberley's red dirt backbone.
Kunene Region
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park — Ugabmund to Springbokwasser Coastal Desert Drive
Shipwrecks, fog, and the land God abandoned.
South Dakota
ModerateRowdy Ridge to Thunder Basin — Black Hills Backcountry High Divide
Shale ridges, ponderosa, and fifty miles of nothing.
Argentina
ExpertRooftop of the Andes — Paso Agua Negra High Desert Crossing
4,765m of volcanic scree and zero forgiveness.