Arizona
ExpertEl Camino del Diablo — Wellton to Lukeville via the Sonoran Desert Volcanic Corridor
The Road of the Devil. It earned that name.
Trail Type: High Clearance
USA
ModerateWyoming BDR Central Segment — Rawlins to Dubois via the Great Divide Basin and Wind River Range
Two basins, no cell signal, pure Wyoming.
Kenya
ModerateKenyan Rift Valley Floor — Naivasha to Magadi via Longonot and the Soda Lake Corridor
Rift floor to soda lake — raw East Africa.
Kyrgyzstan
DifficultTian Shan Celestial Mountains — Bishkek to Torugart Pass via Kochkor and Son-Kul Lake High Plateau
The roof of Central Asia on dirt.
Alaska
ModerateDenali Highway – Paxson to Cantwell via the Alaska Range Tundra Spine
Alaska's forgotten highway. Denali straight ahead.
Texas
ModerateMaverick County Ranch Road — Eagle Pass to Quemado via the Rio Grande Brush Country
Brush country caliche where the border runs wild.
Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Far South — Tres Lagos to Río Turbio via the Patagonian Steppe High Desert
Patagonian steppe. Wind, gravel, nothing. Perfect.
Baja California
ModerateTranspeninsular Baja Desert Interior — El Rosario to Cataviña via Valle de los Cirios
Boojum trees and boulders. Pure Baja magic.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Crested Butte via the Collegiate Peaks High Crossing
12,126 feet of Continental Divide gravel.
Botswana
ModerateNxai Pan and Baines’ Baobabs Desert Circuit — Gweta to Nxai Pan Camp via Baines’ Baobabs and Kudiakam Pan
Ancient baobabs on a fossil lakebed.