Gwazhał Mountains

Gwazhał, known in English as the Brooks Range, stretches across northern Alaska toward the Yukon. Its ridges separate rivers flowing north to the Arctic coast from those draining south toward the Yukon and Kobuk. Glaciers carved steep valleys and peaks, while tundra covers much of the high country above the northern forests. The mountains have long been crossed by Indigenous hunters and travellers; caribou migrations and the passes between river valleys tie the range to the lives of communities on both sides.