Australia
ModerateOodnadatta Track — Marree to Oodnadatta via the Old Ghan Railway Corridor and Lake Eyre North (Classic Outback Run)
The old Ghan ghost road through Australia's driest heart.
Trail Type: Overland Route
California
ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (Westbound Classic Dry Run)
Wagon ruts, desert springs, and open Mojave sky.
Afghanistan
DifficultBamiyan to Band-e-Amir via the Hindu Kush Foothills — Afghanistan’s First National Park Road
Six cobalt lakes at the top of Afghanistan.
Australia
ModerateGibb River Road — Tunnel Creek to Windjana Gorge via Napier Range Limestone Corridor (Dry Season Southern Entry)
Devonian reef walls and Jandamarra's ghost.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Fort McPherson to Inuvik via the Peel Plateau and Arctic Red River Ferry
Ferries, plateau, and the Arctic edge. No shortcuts.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Full Traverse, Galvans Gorge to El Questro Central Run)
The Kimberley's backbone. Six hundred k of raw.
Arizona
ExpertTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Reserve via the Blue Range Mogollon High Divide
Blue Range wilds. No guardrails, no signal.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Manning Gorge via Barnett River Station and Mount Elizabeth
Corrugations, gorges, no crowds.
Argentina
ModeratePaso Pehuenche — Talca to Paso Pehuenche via Laguna del Maule and the Andean Volcanic Divide (Chile Side Full Run)
Volcanic caldera crossing the Andes rarely see.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Bell Gorge to Adcock Gorge via Silent Grove and King Leopold Ranges (Dry Season Interior Traverse)
King Leopolds, corrugations, and cold plunge pools.