mypubliclands: Hit the Road with #mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016 –…
Sukakpak Mountain, BLM Alaska, photo by Bob Wick, BLM
Palsas at the base of Sukakpak Mountain, BLM Alaska, photo by Karen Deatherage, BLM
Palsas at the base of Sukakpak Mountain, BLM Alaska, photo by Karen Deatherage, BLM
Sukakpak Mountain, BLM Alaska, photo by Bob Wick, BLM
Hit the Road with #mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016 – Week 1, Places That Rock!
For the geologists, rock collectors and earth science lovers, this week is for you. The #mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016 heads out to find Places That Rock! on your public lands. All week, roadtrip stops will feature landscapes shaped by cool geological processes and formations – caves, volcanoes, hoodoos and more.
Our first stop is Sukakpak Mountain, one of the most visually stunning areas on BLM managed public lands along the Dalton Highway in northern Alaska (MP 203). A massive wall of Skajit Limestone rising to 4,459 feet (1,338 m) that glows in the afternoon sun, Sukakpak Mountain is an awe-inspiring sight. Peculiar ice-cored mounds known as palsas punctuate the ground at the mountain’s base. “Sukakpak” is an Inupiat word meaning “marten deadfall.” As pictured here from the north, the mountain resembles a carefully balanced log used to trap marten.
Sukakpak Mountain was designated in 1990 as a BLM Area of Critical Environmental Concern or ACEC to protect extraordinary scenic and geologic formations.
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