Description
Valley of Precipices is located along Ernie Creeek, W of Blackface Mtn., 24 mi. E of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range.
History
So named by Marshall (1956 p. 16), about 1930, who wrote "the valley was bounded by high, dark and dangerous looking precipices, surpassing, in my estimation, the grandeur of Yosemite. We called it 'Valley of the Precipices'."