Colorado
DifficultCinnamon Pass Road — Lake City to Silverton via the San Juan Alpine Crest
12,640 feet of silver-rush history and shelf-road grit.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Argentina
DifficultPaso Pehuenche Cross — Talca to Paso Pehuenche via Laguna del Maule and the Andean Volcanic Divide
Chile's forgotten Andean pass — high, cold, and empty.
Australia
ModerateBreakaways to Painted Desert — Coober Pedy Outback Rim Track via Stuart Range
Moon country, opal dust, and a painted desert.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country Full Traverse
660km of Kimberley dirt that earns every scar.
Canada
ModerateForestry Road to Dempster Corner — Yukon Interior Boreal Plateau via Engineer Creek
Yukon boreal sidetrack where the Dempster corridor goes wild.
Ishikawa
ModerateTatami Pass Road — Wajima to Noto Peninsula Interior via Oku-Noto Highland Spine
Earthquake country ridge run on Japan's forgotten coast.
China
DifficultFengjie to Badong – Three Gorges Rim Road via Qiyao Mountain and the Yangtze Watershed Divide
Above China's drowned gorges, a forgotten ridge road waits.
Canada
DifficultCarcross Desert and Montana Mountain Road – Carcross to Conrad Basin via the Yukon Interior
North America's smallest desert leads to a Yukon alpine battleground.
Northern Cape
ModerateNamaqualand Spectacle – Kamieskroon to Springbok via Skilpad Wildflower Reserve and Granite Koppies
The wildflower bloom that breaks the internet every spring.
Bolivia
ModerateRuta del Che — Vallegrande to La Higuera via the Bolivian Guerrilla Trail
Che's last road. Still as raw as the history.