Many National Parks are places where entire families are able to go to learn about and experience the beauty and wonder of nature in all its glory, but some National Parks are place for people who are highly experienced when it comes to safely working their way through rugged, wild nature - Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is once such place.
- Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is a remote nearly 5000 square kilometer wilderness in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- Created in 2014, Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve protects the headwaters of the South Nahanni River.
- Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve is celebrated for its world-class whitewater paddling, rugged off-grid hiking, and extreme isolation.
- "Nááts'įhch'oh" translates to 'the mountain that's sharp like a porcupine' in the local Dene language and is named after a sacred, spine-like mountain peak which holds deep cultural power for the Shúhtaot'ine (Mountain Dene) people.
- The park protects three challenging headwater rivers of the Tehjeh Deé (South Nahanni River).
- Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve has no established or marked trails.
You will find my full post about Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve at this link.
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