Video tutorial: How to plan a backpacking trip to Alaska’s Brooks Range

The Brooks Range offers arguably the greatest wilderness trekking in North America. But it has no trails or bridges; it’s the subject of no guidebooks and few online trip reports; it’s crossed by only one road; and it’s home to a gazillion tussocks and mosquitoes — So how do you plan a successful backpacking trip there?

Last night, I moderated a discussion with Andrew in which we covered:

an overview of the Brooks Range, including location, size, and managementhow the Brooks Range is notable within Alaskathe prime backpacking season there and what to expect each monthlogistics of how to access the rangepermits and regulationsroute planning and navigationwhere to find the best walkingthe unique challenges of backpacking in the Brooks Rangespecific gear considerationswildlife encountersphysical preparationother prime backpacking locations in AlaskaWatch the event:

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