Thanks to all your comments for the first post we decided to present you the second part of Most Dangerous Roads In The World. Mostly it includes the roads that you have suggested as well as other well known and popular dangerous roads. Have a great time checking these!
You might have seen photos of this road earlier. This is the only one road connection Yakutia to the Russian Federation and it’s length is about 1235 km. They also call this road “Lena” because of the river nearby. One can drive this road in winter only, starting spring and because of the rains the road becomes impossible to drive. The tragedy you see on pics below happened in September of 2006, when over 700 cars got stuck on the 10 kilometers segment of this road. People were left out of water, food and warm clothes for several days. This road was still not rebuilt and there’s a possibility the catastrophe will repeat.
Lysebotn is a village of the municipality of Forsand at the Lysefjord in Rogaland county in the southwest of Norway. Nearby is the road Lysebotnvegen.
Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. There have been more than 50 eruptions of Cotopaxi since 1738. Numerous valleys formed by powerful lahars surround the volcano. This poses a high risk to the local population, their settlements and fields.
The Leh-Manali Highway is a highway in India connecting Leh and Manali. It is open only between June and mid-September when snow is cleared from the road by the Border Roads Organisation. It connects the Manali valley to Kullu valley, Lahaul and Spiti and Ladakh.
Zoji La is a high mountain pass in India, located on the Indian National Highway 1D between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range. It provides a vital link between Ladakh and Kashmir. It runs at an elevation of approximately 3,528 metres and is the second highest pass after Fotu La on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway. It is often closed during winter.
Ladakh is a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south. Ladakh is one of the most sparsely populated regions in the area. It’s renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. It is sometimes called “Little Tibet” as it has been strongly influenced by Tibetan culture.
The Changla Pass (el. 5425 m.) is a high mountain pass in India. The Changla Pass is the main gateway for the Changtang Plateau situated in the Himalayas.
Khardung La Pass on the Ladakh Range lies north of Leh and is the gateway to the Shyok and Nubra valleys. Built in 1976, it was opened to motor vehicles in 1988 and has since seen many automobile, motorbike and mountain biking expeditions. Maintained by the Border Roads Organization, the pass is strategically important to India as it is used to carry essential supplies to the Siache.
This highway doesn’t look dangerous but it is and the views above are magnificent. Thanks for this suggestion in comments to Most Dangerous Roads part 1.
The original road was built in 1820-25 by the Austrian Empire to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1871 m. Since then, the route has changed very little. Its sixty hairpin turns, 48 of them on the northern side numbered with stones, are a challenge to motorists.
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Just came back from a group-trip to Ladakh/Leh in the India Himalayas. One guy Ingvar from the group did a bicycle-trip from Leh City to the Khardungla pass in 5600 meters. He got dizzy 14 km from the top and had to be driven the rest. But he did bicycle all the way down from the top.
Pictures are in this link - https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/16066400/1/Ingvar-cykeltur?h=8e91f9
Enjoy
I like this collection…more so becoz 3 of us had done the Manali-leh,leh-changla-Pangong tso,Leh-Khardung la-Nubra,Leh-Zojila Paas(1st time and that too in pitch black night)-Srinagar..!!All the pics above brings back the thrills of the journey..and our was not a 4X4 ..but jus a humbl royel enfield.
A new road in Ladakh, India has opened into the Zanskar valley in October 2011. It crosses Singe La (Pass) at an altitude of 5070m and is definitely scary with multiple hairpins and steep gradients with no tarmac. Our vehicle was the first ever to cross over in snow to provide desks and chairs to a school in Lingshed village across the pass. Please go to "Mission Julley" page on Face Book for pictures
U also missed way to Mount Abu road in Rajasthan
Serra do Rio do Rastro, Santa Catarina state, in southern Brazil:
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Impressed, Nice Photos ...........
Would love a map of the worlds most dangerous roads, that way I could "not" accidentally book a bus on one of them!
Do not afraid. There are good roads in India
I Like the World's dangerous Roads. There are in India many dangerous roads.
I like travelled in dangerous roads.
Hi,
I'm Italian and I don't consider "Stelvio pass road" as a dangerous road..
There is a good pavimentation, guardrails along the entire route and also in winter is cleaned from the snow. In my opinion is a very safe mountain road.
In Italy there are many other roads more dangerous than "Stelvio pass".
Just drove Hawaii's infamous 'saddle road', and also the Highway to Hana. Although always included in scary roads lists, neither held a candle to "Kahekili Highway" on Maui's northwestern rim. How could I have known that the rental car contract would be voided by my driving it? No signs warned me to turn back as this 4 lane highway crept upwards into a 2 lane road. Not 500ft beyond, into a single lane for two way traffic. Up and up crept this ever narrowing donkey trail of rubble along sheer cliff walls ranging from 400-600 ft. Having encountered other white-knuckled tourists creeping in the opposite direction, I was twice forced to back slowly up to an area were our cars could pass, mine an inch from the sheer rock wall, theirs inches from a deadly plummet. I've driven plenty of sketchy roads, but this one still gives me the shivers recalling it. When I finally made it down the 18th mile onto the other side, my hands and arms were sore from gripping the wheel so tightly. Not surprisingly, my google search turned up numerous deaths on this guardless, crumbling, "highway". The views? To die for.