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Yakutat has been in the 60's lately. Its location on the Gulf of Alaska is a magnet for a lot of precipitation, and it's also close to the largest non polar ice cap in the world, so lots of rain and snow.
Still, it has the ocean, forests and mountains that Yakutsk doesn't, and it's a lot milder. No contest, IMO.
Saint Elias Mountains : Custom Object : SummitPost
Mount Saint Elias is highly noted as it's the highest mountain so close to the ocean. Only 12 horizontal miles lead from the head of Taan fjord to the summit giving it an incredible amount of overall vertical relief. Denali and other Himalaya peaks don't quite have as much vertical relief despite being higher in elevation. If you choose to climb Saint Elias from tidewater, you have over 18,000 feet of ascending to do!
Yakutsk. At least it has some good months and ring sunny and dry, some others won't be too bad. Yakutat is a constant nightmare. One of the worst climates ever. Nice scenery though.
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