Day one:

Tour departs from 3820 University Avenue South

 
Travel north on the Steese, Elliott highways, and from Livengood we begin the “Dalton” Highway to Prudhoe Bay. Know locally as the “Haul Road”.

Stops this first day will include:

• Yukon River for lunch on your own
• Bakers Knob for photos of the Trans Alaskan Pipeline as it zig zags across the Tundra
• Finger Mountain to learn how the country was formed by lava outcroppings 300 million years ago
• A photo at the Arctic Circle
• This day is complete by entering the beautiful Dietrich Valley
• Dinner on your own in Coldfoot
• Overnight will be in Coldfoot

Optional Add-On Tour #9020 flight-seeing tour over the Gates of the Arctic National Park

Day two:

Back on the Dalton Hwy and continuing through the Dietrich Valley the mountains to your left form the border with Gates of the Arctic National Park. The mountains to your right form the border with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

We will start our climb over Atigun Pass the highest in Alaska at 4875 feet with Chandalar Shelf. At the Chandalar Valley we will be North of the Alaskan tree line and in open tundra. At Atigun Pass we begin our traveling onto the North Slope of Alaska, from here all waters flow north to the Arctic Ocean.

Day three:

• Fly from Prudhoe Bay to Barrow (depature and arrival times vary)
• Overnight at the Top of the World
• At 71° 18° latitude you are at the top

Day four:

• Full Point Barrow Inupiat Eskimo Culture Tour
• Discover the ceremonies, stories, and traditions of the Inupiat Eskimo
• Summers of 84-days and 24-hour sunshine
• Fly from Barrow to Fairbanks