6-743: The Arrigetch Peaks ( Iñupiaq : Argaich ) are a cluster of rugged granite spires in the Endicott Mountains of the central Brooks Range in northern Alaska . The name Arrigetch means 'fingers of the outstretched hand' in the Inupiat language. The peaks ring the glacial cirques at the head of the Kobuk River and 2 tributaries of the Alatna River : Arrigetch Creek and Aiyagomahala Creek (Creek 4662). They are located at latitude 67 degrees 24' N and longitude 154 degrees 10' W. All of
12-901: A range of mountains , part of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska . They are located in the middle of the Brooks range and run some 151 miles (243 km) east–west. To the east are the Philip Smith Mountains and to the west are the Schwatka Mountains. The Endicott Mountains are separated from the Philip Smith Mountains by the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River , the Dalton Highway , and Atigun Pass . The Endicott Mountains are separated from
18-581: The Central Brooks Range . An American climbing party led by Brownell Bergen completed the first successful rock climbing expedition to the peaks in 1964. The peaks have been visited by a number of rock climbing expeditions since then. This article about a location in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Endicott Mountains The Endicott Mountains are
24-754: The Schwatka Mountains by Walker Lake , the upper reaches of the West Fork of the Kobuk River (Kaluluktok Creek), Akabluak Pass, and the Noatak River . The Endicott Mountains are separated from the mountains north of the Schwatka by Lucky Six Creek, Gull Pass, Gull Creek, a portion of the Alatna River and the Killik River . From south to north the Endicott Mountains present long, broad glaciated valleys with rounded hills between rising in
30-683: The center of the range to steep tors and aretes. The northern slopes of the Endicotts are steeper and more heavily incised, before they give way to the Arctic Coastal Plain. Peaks in the Endicott Mountains include the Arrigetch Peaks , and highest to lowest: as well as a number of unnamed peaks over 7000 ft. Above the crystalline basement PreCambrian and Paleozoic sediments that have undergone partial metamorphosis . Above these are middle Cambrian sediments and
36-532: The summits of the peaks are around 6,000 ft, 1825 m elevation. The Arrigetch Peaks area was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1968 for its spectacular geography. The earliest recorded Geological Survey of the area was in 1911 by Philip S. Smith and H.M. Eakin. The renowned conservationist Robert Marshall explored the area in the 1930s. These trips were described in Marshall's 1933 book Arctic Village , and posthumous Alaska Wilderness: Exploring
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