Australia
ExpertCape York Telegraph Track — Bramwell Junction to Bamaga via the Old Telegraph Line
Gunshot Creek will decide if you're ready.
Trail Type: Overland Route
India
ExtremeZanskar Valley Winter Road — Padum to Nimmu via the Frozen Chadar
The road only exists when the river freezes.
Niger
ExtremePiste du Djado — Dirkou to Djado Plateau via the Saharan Erg de Bilma
Medieval ruins at the edge of the known world.
China
DifficultKarakoram Highway — Kashgar to Gilgit via Khunjerab Pass
Highest international highway on earth.
Algeria
ExtremeHoggar–Tassili Trans-Saharan Link — In Amenas to Djanet via Illizi Corridor
Eastern Sahara. No margin. No mercy.
Bolivia
ModerateInca Road — Cusco to Quillacollo via the Bolivian Altiplano High Corridor
Roof of South America, roof of your limits.
Algeria
ExtremePiste de Gao — Tamanrasset to Gao via the Trans-Saharan Highway Western Corridor
The original Trans-Saharan — built on sand and guts.
Australia
DifficultTanami Track — Alice Springs to Halls Creek via the Tanami Desert
A thousand clicks of corrugated red nothing.
Alaska
DifficultTatshenshini-Alsek River Road — Haines Junction to Dry Bay via the Alsek Wilderness Corridor
The road that ends at the edge of the ice age.
British Columbia
ModerateTlell to Masset — Haida Gwaii North Island Forest Road Circuit
Edge of the continent. Logging roads and silence.