The summit party comprised Molenaar, his brother Cornelius, Andrew and Betty Kauffman, Maynard Miller, William Latady, and Benjamin Ferris. [9], Mount Saint Elias is infrequently climbed today, despite its height, because it has no easy route to the summit and because of its prolonged periods of bad weather (mainly snow and low visibility). By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. St. Elias Mountains, segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges of northwestern North America. St. Elias, was made about a team of skier/mountaineers determined to make "the planet's longest skiing descent" – ascending the mountain and then skiing nearly all 18,000 feet down to the Gulf of Alaska; the movie finished editing and underwent limited release in 2009. [3] Mount Fairweather at the apex of the British Columbia and Alaska borders at the head of the Alaska Panhandle is known as Tsalx̱aan, it is said this mountain and Yasʼéitʼaa Shaa (Mt. Wrangell-St Elias trail map. The latter is the highest coastal range in the world. [8], The first winter ascent was made on February 13, 1996 by David Briggs, Gardner Heaton and Joe Reichert. The Nabesna Road map (450 kb) from newspaper shows the other maintained road inside the park, allowing you to access the northern part of the park. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The second ascent was not until 1946, when a group from the Harvard Mountaineering Club including noted mountain historian Dee Molenaar climbed the Southwest Ridge route. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! The Wrangell, Chugach, and Kenai mountains (northwest) and the Fairweather Range (south) are sometimes considered part of the group. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the USA and Kluane National Park and Reserve in Canada and includes all of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. For the Israeli mountain range, see, Last edited on 18 September 2020, at 18:09, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, List of mountain peaks of the United States, List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Saint_Elias&oldid=979085082, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 18:09. Click on the below links to find out more and to discover the trails in each of the park's visitor services areas. Mount Saint Elias, second highest peak (18,008 feet [5,489 metres]) of the St. Elias Mountains, on the Canada–United States (Alaska) border, 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. This article was most recently revised and updated by, World Wildlife Fund - Alaska-St. Elias Range. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.