Aysén Region
ModerateCarretera Austral — Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins via the Patagonian Wilderness Corridor (Classic Full Traverse)
The world's great southern road. Every km earned.
Trail Type: High Clearance
Australia
ModerateStrzelecki Track — Innamincka to Lyndhurst via the Cooper Creek Desert Corridor (Classic Full Traverse)
Burke and Wills died here. You don't have to.
New Mexico
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Grants to Silver City via the Gila National Forest and Continental Divide Dirt Corridor (New Mexico Full Segment)
New Mexico empty. No pavement, no people.
China
ExpertSichuan–Tibet Highway — Kangding to Markam via Litang, Batang, and the High Tibetan Plateau (G318 Central High Segment)
Roof of the world, no guardrails.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, King Leopold Ranges and Manning Gorge Complete Run)
The Kimberley's spine. No shortcuts.
Colorado
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Telluride to Moab via Paradox Valley and Gateway (Colorado–Utah Canyon Connector)
San Juan high country to canyon desert on pure dirt.
Andalusia
ModerateTransibérica Off-Road — Miranda do Douro to Ronda via the Iberian Interior Wilderness (Full Peninsula Overland Traverse)
Iberia edge to edge, the way it used to be crossed.
Australia
DifficultBirdsville Track — Marree to Birdsville via the Tirari Desert and Diamantina River Floodplains (Classic Outback Full Traverse)
The drovers' road. Still earns its reputation.
California
ModerateMojave Road — Rock Springs to Afton Canyon via Government Holes and Soda Dry Lake
Lava, salt flats, and a Civil War–era ruin.
USA
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Tombstone Highlands and Blackstone Plateau (Southbound Return Segment)
Sierra Madre dirt, basin antelope, zero cell bars.