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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Ambler River - Gates of the Arctic National Park

Gates of the Arctic National Park, the least visited national park with only 7,362 recreational visitors in 2021, is also the northernmost park. We arrived by bush plane and only had a few minutes on the ground, but the scenery is beyond breathtaking. We landed on a gravel bar in the Ambler River below the Schwatka Mountains in the far southwest corner of the park. One oddity I noticed is that almost every creek, brook, stream, and river was named, but very few of the mountains were named. We visited in late August 2022.

Gravel bar and runway

View southwest

A closer view

A small channel separates the gravel bar from the riverbank

View northeast and upstream

A closer view

View southeast across the Ambler River

View southeast from the plane

There is no entrance fee at Gates of the Arctic National Park.

The Gates of the Arctic National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/gaar/index.htm.

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