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Alaska
Gates of the Arctic
Field Guide
No roads, no trails, no visitor center — just the Brooks Range and total wilderness.
A complete planning guide to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Covers the park's complete lack of roads, trails, and campgrounds, how to plan a bush plane trip from Fairbanks through Bettles or Coldfoot, the central Brooks Range and the Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain peaks that gave the park its name, the Arrigetch Peaks granite spires, floating one of the park's six Wild and Scenic Rivers including the Alatna, John, Kobuk, Noatak, and Tinayguk, caribou migration through the Western Arctic and Central Arctic herds, Nunamiut Iñupiat culture at Anaktuvuk Pass, and the official NPS park map.
- 14
- pages
- instant download
- Aug 2026
- last updated
What's inside
- 1No roads or trails in — planning a bush plane trip from Fairbanks, Bettles, or Coldfoot
- 2The Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain peaks that gave the park its name, and the Arrigetch Peaks spires
- 3Floating one of six Wild and Scenic Rivers, from the Alatna to the Noatak
- 4Nunamiut Iñupiat culture at Anaktuvuk Pass, the only community inside the park
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The Gates of the Arctic guide, page by page
A 14-page print-at-home PDF field guide to Gates of the Arctic, Alaska.
- 01Welcome to Gates of the Arctic
- 02Rules & basics
- 03First-time logistics
- 04The mountains that named a wilderness
- 05Park overview map
- 06Rivers, spires & true backcountry
- 07Routes & travel
- 08Wildlife
- 09Weather & when to go
- 10Beyond the trails
- 11Camping & lodging
- 12Pocket cards
- 13Route quick-card
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