Our exciting 12-day combination adventure will take us backpacking amongst the Arrigetch range and rafting down the Alatna River.
“As I walked for hours beneath the stupendous grandeur of these colossal mountains, I felt humble and insignificant.” - Robert Marshall – Alaska Wilderness, Exploring the Central Brooks Range
Gates of the Arctic National Park, despite being the recipient of frequent media attention over the past 45 years, remains one of the most remote and unspoiled places on earth. Its 8.4 million acres cover an area twice the size of Connecticut and only slightly smaller than Switzerland. The park is essentially a road less wilderness area and, except for limited and difficult access along the Dalton highway; most recreational visitors choose to enter the park via chartered airplane. The aviators who make their livelihood flying this area know this remote and mountainous region better than anyone. They provide us with access to places like the Arrigetch Peaks! Arrigetch, which means “fingers of the hand extended” is an area comprised of a tilted intrusion of granite that has been hailed as the hallmark of Gates of the Arctic. Perhaps Bob Marshall described the area best when he called Arrigetch “…a series of sensational needlelike peaks extending in a horseshoe around a gushing creek which rose in the glacier.”

Interested in seeing Gates of the Arctic National Park? Visit us at http://www.alaskaalpineadventures.com/alaska-adventure-tours/backpacking/backpacking-trips-gates-of-the-arctic/backpacking-rafting-arrigetch-alatna/trip for details!