Atigun Pass

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At 4739ft, the Atigun Pass is the only road pass through the Brooks Range. We'd call it 'dramatic,' but that's sort of like calling the Sahara sandy; the sheer rock walls of the pass rise from spindly taiga (boreal forest), then plunge to the stark, severe hills of gray green tundra that mark the true edge of the Arctic.