Fukushima
ModerateBandai-Azuma Skyline – Fukushima Highland Traverse
Volcanic skyline, five colored lakes, no crowds.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Japan
ModerateAso-Kuju Highland Forest Roads
Drive inside a living volcano's caldera rim.
Japan
ModerateYatsugatake Highlands Forest Road (Yachiho-Nobeyama Line)
Volcanic highlands, larch forests, Japan's clearest skies.
Gifu
ModerateSkyline Drive (Hirugano Highlands to Gujo)
Hida alpine dirt above the Gujo valley.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua Pass Road — George to Uniondale via the Outeniqua Mountains High Route
The pass everyone forgot when the tunnel opened.
India
ExpertKhardung La Road — Leh to Nubra Valley via the World’s High Motorable Pass
One of earth's highest roads. Oxygen not guaranteed.
Italy
DifficultStelvio Pass Road — Bormio to Prato allo Stelvio via the Italian Alps Eastern Switchbacks
48 hairpins to the roof of the Eastern Alps.
South Dakota
ModerateHarney Peak Road to Black Elk Peak — Black Hills High Country Approach via Sylvan Lake
Highest point east of the Rockies. Watch your roof rack at the tunnels.
India
DifficultLeh to Pangong Tso — Chang La High Altitude Desert Crossing via Durbuk and Shyok Valley
Chang La to Pangong — where earth runs out of colour.
Argeș County
ModerateTransylvania High Road — Transfăgărășan South to Bâlea Lac via the Argeș Valley
Ceaușescu's insane alpine road into the clouds.