China
ModerateKarakoram Highway – Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass via Gez Canyon and Karakul Lake
Built on bones. The Karakoram's Chinese spine.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Namibia
DifficultSkeleton Coast Park – Ugabmund to Möwe Bay via the Northern Namib Coastal Desert
Bones, seals, and 200km of no return.
Mongolia
ExpertGobi Desert Bayanzag to Khongoryn Els — Southern Mongolian Desert Circuit via Moltsog Els
Dinosaur cliffs to singing dunes. No roads, no rules.
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Panj River and Little Pamir Plateau
Marco Polo's road. Still as hard as it ever was.
Namibia
ExpertKunene River Canyon Track — Ruacana to Epupa Falls via the Angolan Border Gorge
Kaokoland's brutal border gorge. Earn every kilometre.
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.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bell Gorge to Galvans Gorge via Silent Grove and King Leopold Ranges
Kimberley gorge country, raw and unfiltered.
Colorado
ModerateCottonwood Pass Road — Buena Vista to Crested Butte via the Collegiate Peaks High Crossing
12,126 feet of Continental Divide gravel.