Mexico
ModerateConzatti Road — Oaxaca City to Hierve el Agua via the Sierra Juárez Highland Villages
Cloud forest, Zapotec villages, petrified falls.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
ModerateTeton Pass to Granite Hot Springs — Hoback Canyon and Granite Creek Backcountry via US-189 and Granite Creek Road
Hoback Canyon to a natural hot spring — earn the soak.
Ethiopia
DifficultTrans-African Highway — Nairobi to Addis Ababa via the Moyale Border and Northern Kenya Desert Corridor
Northern Kenya's desert gauntlet to Ethiopia.
USA
ModerateCottonwood Canyon Road — Cockscomb Basin to US-89 via Grosvenor Arch and the Paria River Benchlands
46 miles of colour, clay, and a hidden double arch.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR South Segment — Antonito to Chama via Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge Rim
Steam trains, mud, and 10,000-foot empty.
Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Marla via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Lake Eyre Basin
Dead railway, live desert, zero apologies.
Alaska
DifficultDalton Highway North Slope — Coldfoot to Deadhorse via Atigun Pass and the Brooks Range
Arctic Ocean or bust — no bail-outs north of Coldfoot.
Namibia
ExpertSkeleton Coast Park Traverse — Ugabmund Gate to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Coastal Desert
The coast that eats vehicles whole.
Idaho
DifficultMagruder Corridor Road — Red River to Elk City via the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Divide
100 miles of wilderness divide with zero bailouts.
Argentina
ExpertRuta de los Seismiles Sur — Fiambalá to Paso San Francisco via the Puna de Atacama Volcano Corridor
Six-thousanders on the roof of South America.