New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Pie Town to Quemado via the Continental Divide Grassland Corridor
High desert two-track across the New Mexico Divide.
Trail Type: High Clearance
British Columbia
DifficultChilcotin Plateau War Road — Williams Lake to Bella Coola via the Chilcotin Highway and Freedom Road Descent
Built by settlers with dynamite. Still scares people.
California
DifficultMojave Road — Piute Valley to Searchlight via Mojave Desert Southern Flank
Southern Mojave wash country. No crowds. No margin.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass to Montagu Pass — Western Cape Mountain Traverse via George
1847 convict-built pass. Stone bridges. No crowds.
Araucanía Region
DifficultRuta del Volcán — Villarrica Traverse via Curarrehue and Paso Mamuil Malal
Live volcano, river fords, Andean border grit.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (East-to-West Classic Crossing)
The Army's old Mojave crossing. Still dirt.
Argentina
DifficultPaso Abra del Acay — San Antonio de los Cobres to Cachi via South America’s Highest National Road
Highest national road in South America. Earn it.
Colorado
ModerateColorado BDR North Segment — Walden to Steamboat Springs via Zirkel Wilderness and Hahns Peak
Elk country above treeline, no crowds.
Kenya
ExpertMarsabit to Moyale — Northern Kenya Desert Highway via the Chalbi Desert Edge
Two hundred clicks of lava and no mercy.
Hardap Region
ModerateNaukluft–Tsaris Pass Desert High Crossing — Solitaire to Büllsport via the Hardap Plateau Spine
Tsaris Pass: Namibia's forgotten high crossing.