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GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE STATUS
  Alaska . National Park & Preserve
  checked 05:20 UTC . refreshes every 30 minutes


ALERTS  1

  Caution
    Food-Conditioned Bear in Arrigetch Peaks
    On August 13, 2026 a brown bear entered camps and food
    caches in the Arrigetch Peaks area, obtaining food from a
    soft-sided, bag-type Bear Resistant Food Container (BRFC).
    At this time, we strongly recommend hard-sided BRFCs for all
    visitors to the Arrigetch Peaks area. …


CONDITIONS
  weather warnings ........................................ none
  air quality (US AQI) ................................ 36, good
  wildfires within 50 km .................................. none
  sources: weather.gov . NIFC . Open-Meteo


ROADS
  No road closures or incidents reported.


VISITOR CENTERS  1/4 OPEN TODAY

  Anaktuvuk Pass Ranger Station ...... closed until May 16, 2027
  Arctic Interagency Visitor Center .. closed until May 23, 2027
  Bettles Ranger Station and Visitor Center
                                       closed until Jun 11, 2027
  Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Center ........ open


WEATHER
  model forecast . °F

  Mon, Oct 5  Snow             14/5°F    1 cm snow
  Tue, Oct 6  Snow             14/10°F   2 cm snow
  Wed, Oct 7  Cloudy           10/0°F
  Thu, Oct 8  Cloudy           12/-4°F
  Fri, Oct 9  Snow             23/9°F    1 cm snow
  Sat, Oct 10 Snow             27/23°F   4 cm snow
  Sun, Oct 11 Snow             27/25°F   2 cm snow

  sunrise 08:41 . sunset 19:19 . waning crescent, 27% lit
  source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) . https://open-meteo.com/


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  source: National Park Service . nps.gov/gaar