Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Ogilvie Mountains
Gravel, permafrost, and tundra with no backup plan.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Galvans Gorge to Mornington Wilderness Camp via the Kimberley Plateau Interior
Deep Kimberley — corrugations, gorges, real wild.
Canada
ModerateKluane Slims River Flats Road — Haines Junction to Kluane Lake via the Donjek Route Approach
Glacier-carved outwash, grizzlies, and zero pavement.
Peru
ModerateInca Jungle Road — Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes via the Salkantay Approach Track
Machu Picchu's back door. Earn the view.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bell Gorge to Mornington Wilderness Camp via Beverley Springs Station
Corrugated Kimberley between two wild camps.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — El Questro to Kununurra via the Ord River and Keep River Corridor
Red pindan, croc water, and the Ord.
Botswana
DifficultNossob to Mata-Mata — Kgalagadi Transfrontier Wilderness Track via Rooiputs
Lions on the road. Red dunes. No phone signal. Perfect.
Baja California
DifficultBaja Divide North — Ensenada to San Ignacio via the Sierra San Pedro Mártir High Spine
Baja before the gringo crowds — granite, cardón, and silence.
India
DifficultLeh to Tso Kar — Rupshu Plateau High Desert Crossing via Puga Valley Hot Springs
Salt lakes and sulphur vents at 15,000 feet.
Namibia
ModerateSossusvlei to Bullsport — Naukluft Desert Spine via Solitaire and Tsaris Pass
Empty Namib gravel between dunes and mountains.