Mount Saint Elias

Mount Saint Elias is an 18,008 foot (5,489 m) mountain located approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the Pacific Ocean on the Yukon-Alaska border. It is the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, as well as in the Yukon and Alaska.

Saint Elias Mountains · Alaska · United States · 5,489 m

Mount Saint Elias, 2nd highest mountain in Canada and the USA. South Central Alaska, Icy Bay

About Mount Saint Elias

Mount Saint Elias, also known in Tlingit as Was'eitushaa, is a 18,008-foot (5,489-meter) peak of the tectonic Saint Elias Range in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Mount Saint Elias is an 18,008 foot (5,489 m) mountain located approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the Pacific Ocean on the Yukon-Alaska border. It is the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, as well as in the Yukon and Alaska. The Canadian side of Mount Saint Elias forms part of Kluane National Park and Reserve, while the U.S.

Mount Saint Elias, also known in Tlingit as Was'eitushaa, is a 18,008-foot (5,489-meter) peak of the tectonic Saint Elias Range in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. It rises abruptly from the Gulf of Alaska near the coast and is the second-highest peak in the United States.

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1897 — First ascent via the expedition route from the Malaspina and Newton Glacier area to Russell Col and the summit: Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Abruzzi, and expedition members including Vittorio Sella
  • 1946 — Second ascent and first ascent from the south via the long south ridge: Harvard Mountaineering Club expedition
  • 1965 — First ascent of the northwest ridge: Boyd N. Everett Jr., James Alt, Gordon Benner, Edwin Bernbaum, Joseph Davidson, Dennis Eberl, James Given, David Redmond, Leon Story, and William Van de Graaff

Routes and approaches

Recognized climbing approaches have used glacier travel and bush-plane access to high glacier camps, including approaches from the Tana River area or Columbus Glacier before joining routes toward Russell Col and the summit.

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