Paddling near Bettles, AK

Bettles sits in interior Alaska's boreal wilderness along the Koyukuk River, serving as a fly-in hub for remote float trips into the Brooks Range and surrounding drainages. The area is best known for multi-day wilderness river runs — most notably the Wild River, a 63-mile Class I float from Wild Lake down to Bettles, and the Kobuk River, accessed via bush plane through Bettles. The Koyukuk River itself and its Middle Fork are also paddled in the region, with launch points reachable from the Dalton Highway corridor.