China
DifficultSichuan–Tibet Highway — Litang to Batang via the Tibetan Plateau High Spine and Haizi Mountain Divide (G318 High Plateau Segment)
Yak country, prayer flags, and 4,700m passes.
Trail Type: Scenic Drive
Møre og Romsdal
ModerateTrollstigen — Åndalsnes to Valldal via the Troll’s Ladder Mountain Road
Eleven hairpins above a waterfall. Norway's best.
Drâa-Tafilalet
ModeratePiste de Tichka — Marrakech to Ouarzazate via Tizi n’Tichka High Atlas Pass
Morocco's roof road to the edge of the Sahara.
Japan
ModerateTateyama Kurobe Alpine Route — Murodo to Ogizawa via the Northern Japan Alps Snow Corridor
Snow walls 20m high. Japan's alpine impossible.
Chihuahua
DifficultCopper Canyon Batopilas River Road — Batopilas Village to Creel via the Urique Canyon Descent (Classic Bottom-Up Run)
Mexico's deepest canyon. One road. No margin for error.
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.
India
ExpertZoji La Winter Approach — Sonamarg to Drass via the Kashmir High Pass
The Himalaya's most unforgiving gatekeeper.
Gilgit-Baltistan
ModerateKhunjerab Pass to Gilgit — Karakoram Highway Pakistan High Corridor via Passu and Hunza Valley
World's highest paved border, straight down.
Canada
ModerateDempster Highway — Dawson City to Eagle Plains via the Tombstone Highlands and Blackstone Plateau
Subarctic gravel, shale snot, and zero excuses.
Australia
ExpertFlinders Ranges — Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary Ridge-Top Tour via Bararranna Gorge
Billion-year-old ridgeline with zero guardrails.