AUYUITTUQ CLASSIC-- Our two week hike explores the famous Pangnirtung pass.

We’ll travel a short distance by sea from the Inuit community of Pangnirtung to Overlord warden station, the southern entrance to the pass. Our circuit route will take us up the Weasel River Valley to Summit Lake which marks the height of land in the pass and back to Overlord.

Just before we reach the Windy Lake warden station we cross the Arctic Circle - an imaginary line at the latitude of 66° 33 1/2' North. We’ll pose for pictures by the Inukshuk, a human shaped cairn of rock which marks the Circle. We follow Inukshuks , indicating a safe route across moraines and rivers, to the base of Thor peak which soars 1500 metres up out of the valley floor. This is the longest uninterrupted cliff face in the world. We’ll continue on to the top of the pass at Summit Lake.

If time and weather allow for a day hike we may see Mount Asgard, the famous flat top peak before we begin our return to the sea. This trip is a great adventure for an average hiker.