Argentina
DifficultRuta 40 Extreme North — Susques to Abra Pampa via the Puna de Jujuy Volcanic Plateau
Puna volcanoes, salt flats, 4,200m cold starts.
Trail Type: Overland Route
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Imintji to Adcock Gorge via Barnett River and Mount Elizabeth Station Junction
Kimberley corrugations, gorges, and cattle dust.
Namibia
ExpertNamib Desert Welwitschia Plains to Messum Crater — Erongo Volcanic Desert Traverse
Volcanic crater. Zero people. Real Namib.
Idaho
ExpertLolo Motorway — Nez Perce Trail from Lowell to Powell via FR 500 Full Traverse
Lewis and Clark's ridgeline. Still brutal.
Arizona
DifficultTrans-America Trail — Clifton to Alpine via the Blue Range and Mogollon Rim Divide
The TAT's wildest desert-mountain divide.
India
ExpertZoji La Winter Approach — Sonamarg to Drass via the Kashmir High Pass
The Himalaya's most unforgiving gatekeeper.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Adcock Gorge to Mount Elizabeth Station via Kimberley Plateau Heart
Corrugations, boabs, and earned isolation.
Australia
ExtremeCanning Stock Route — Well 51 to Halls Creek via Kidson Track and Lake Gregory Desert Corridor
The CSR's last dunes before Halls Creek.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Gilgit — Karakoram Highway Pakistan High Corridor via Passu and Hunza Valley
World's highest paved border, straight down.
Australia
DifficultGibb River Road — Derby to Kununurra via the Kimberley Gorge Country (Dry Season Classic, Galvans Gorge to Manning Gorge, Northern Traverse)
The Kimberley's great red dirt spine.