Northern Cape
ExpertRichtersveld Mountain Zebra 4×4 Trail
Lunar desert. Canyon country. No mercy.
Trail Type: Technical 4x4
Afghanistan
ExtremeWakhan Corridor Road — Ishkashim to Sarhad-e-Broghil via the Wakhan River Valley
The Silk Road's forgotten end of the earth.
KwaZulu-Natal
ExpertSani Pass — Himeville to Mokhotlong via the Drakensberg Escarpment
The Drakensberg's most brutal border crossing.
New Mexico
DifficultForest Road 267 to Sunlight Peak — Gila National Forest Mogollon Mountains High Circuit via Sandy Creek
Mogollon high country — deep, rough, and worth every mile.
Colorado
DifficultRims Road — Echo Park Desert Circuit via Yampa Bench and Harpers Corner
Canyon drama, wet clay, and a river confluence.
Idaho
DifficultHells Canyon Rim Road — Pittsburg Landing to Hat Point Lookout via Imnaha
Deepest gorge in North America. Earn the view.
California
ModerateMojave Road West — Rock Springs Lake to Afton Canyon via Mojave Desert Historic Trail
The original highway across the Mojave. Sand, lava, river.
USA
DifficultLonesome Highway — Centennial Road to Tensleep Canyon via the Bighorn National Forest South Fork and Paintrock Creek Divide
Wyoming's red wall country from basin floor to divide.
Colorado
DifficultNellie Creek Road to Slumgullion Pass — Hinsdale County High Country via Spring Creek Basin
San Juan shelf roads and a living landslide.
Colorado
DifficultLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Yampa River to Harpers Corner via Echo Park Road
Steamboat Rock and two rivers at the bottom.