Italy
ModerateSibillini Mountains High Ridge Track — Castelluccio to Forca di Presta via the Piano Grande
The Apennines' forgotten high plateau run.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Mongolia
ExpertTrans-Mongolian Steppe Route — Ulaanbaatar to Khövsgöl Lake via Tariat and the Orkhon Valley
No roads. No signs. Just 1,000 km of steppe.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road Alternative — Kalumburu Road to Mitchell Falls via Drysdale River Station
Dead-end Kimberley dirt to Australia's best falls.
Gorno-Badakhshan
ExpertPamir Highway — Osh to Ishkashim via the Wakhan Corridor Junction (M41)
The roof of the world has a road. It barely qualifies.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Forest Road Circuit
Edge of the continent. Logging roads and silence.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Chengdu to Lhasa via the Southern Route (G318)
Fourteen passes. Two weeks. One legendary road.
China
DifficultFriendship Highway — Lhasa to Kathmandu
The roof of the world, all 900 kilometres of it.
Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Ajo to Yuma via the Sonoran Desert Borderlands Track
The Devil's Highway still collects its toll.
Hela Province
ExtremeCondom Road — Mount Hagen to Tari via Southern Highlands Highland Highway Spur
The Highlands route that earns every mile.
Kunene Region
DifficultHuab River Conservancy Track — Damaraland Desert Valley Drive via Palmwag to Twyfelfontein
Petroglyphs, elephants, and zero guardrails.