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Gates of the Arctic National Park

Pictures by QT Luong

[1 : Overview][2 : Arrigetch and Alatna Valleys] [3 : Lower Arrigetch Peaks]
[4 : Upper Arrigetch Peaks] [All]
 [Backpacking to the Arrigetch Peaks ]

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Gates of the Arctic National Park, covering much of the Brooks range in northern Alaska, is one of the finest wilderness areas of the world. With a surface area of 8.4 million acres (336 thousand squares kilometers), it is four times the size of Yellowstone, and only slightly smaller than Switzerland. What is remarkable is that such a large chunk of land has remained one of the most remote and unspoiled places in the world. No roads lead into the park, and there are no trails or bridges inside. One has to find and earn his way into the tundra, immensely vast but still subtle in the texture and wetness variations of its miniature habitats.

The Brooks range is so vast that each of its mountains have a different character, however the Arrigetch Peaks area, a place of gothic black granite spires and pinnacles reaching haphazardly into the clouds, is considered by many to be the most spectacular part. Shosh Moalem and I flew into the frontier town of Bettles, then used an air taxi to be dropped off and picked up at Circle Lake. In eight days, we backpacked to a base camp near the Arrigetch Peaks, and explored three of the surrounding valleys. Our timing of mid-August let us admire the dazzling splendor of the tundra in fall colors. See also the pictures of backpacking.

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Aerial view of meandering Alatna river in mountain valley. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Aerial view of cliff and mountain side. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Aerial view of meandering river and mountains. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Aerial view of snowy Arrigetch peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Caribou antlers. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Bright berry leaves, boreal forest, Arrigetch Creek. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Tundra, valley, and mountains with fresh snow. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Arrigetch valley with caribou. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Valley and mountains, clearing storm. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Fresh snow dusts the Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) The Maidens with fresh show and a thin veil of clouds. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Lichen covered rocks at the base of Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Dark rock and moss, Aquarius Lake. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Lake II in Aquarius Valley near Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Arrigetch peaks above pond in Aquarius Valley. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Stream and Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Tundra and Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Taiga forest and peaks with fresh dusting of snow. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Panoramic color) Tundra tussocks and Arrigetch Peaks in the distance. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Arrigetch Peaks and tundra from Arrigetch Creek entrance, morning. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Boreal forest in autumn. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Panoramic color) Tussocks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake, evening. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake, sunset. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( color)

All text and photos © QT Luong. See conditions for use of images. There are 25 color pictures on this page out of 86 color pictures of Gates of the Arctic.

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