Graubünden
ModeratePasso dello Spluga North — Splügen to Thusis via the Swiss Alpine High Road
Napoleon's cliff road through the Swiss Alps.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
California
ModerateMineral King Road — Three Rivers to Mineral King via the Sequoia National Park High Valley (Full Climb)
698 curves, no guardrails, marmots eat your hoses.
Namibia
ModerateFish River Canyon Rim Track — Hobas to Ai-Ais via the Canyon Rim Desert (Southern Namibia Full Traverse)
The canyon swallows everything. Drive the edge.
Romania
ModerateTransfăgărășan Highway — Curtea de Argeș to Sibiu via the Southern Carpathian High Crossing (Full North-to-South Traverse)
Built by a dictator. Driven by everyone else.
China
DifficultKarakoram Highway — Sost to Khunjerab Pass via Shimshal Valley Junction and the Pakistan–China Summit (Northbound Full Run)
4,693 meters. The roof of the road world.
South Africa
ModerateOuteniqua and Montagu Passes — George to Montagu via the Western Cape Mountain Spine (Full Historical Traverse)
1847 convict road. Still wild, still real.
Alberta
ModerateIcefields Parkway — Jasper to Lake Louise via Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier (Full North-to-South Traverse)
The Rockies' greatest highway, glacier to glacier.
Limpopo
ModerateMusth Elephant Trail — Satara to Pafuri via the Lebombo Mountains and Limpopo Floodplain
The wild north of Africa's greatest park.
England
DifficultHardknott and Wrynose Passes — Eskdale to Little Langdale via the Lake District’s Hardest Paved Road
England's steepest road. Romans built it. You'll feel it.
Corsica
ModerateCorsica Alta Strada — Bonifacio to Bastia via the GR20 Spine Road and Col de Bavella (Island High-Altitude Traverse)
Granite needles, cliff roads, no guardrails. Pure island.