The coastal mountains in the St. Elias Range of Wrangell-St. Mt. St. Elias, are among the least-visited mountains of their elevation in North America. Mountaineering here is made especially challenging by a stormy weather pattern and an excess of 100 inches of precipitation a year.
Many climbs require as much as four weeks for a serious attempt on the summit.
Many mountains in the range are unnamed, and only limited information is available on most routes. Elias, Icy Bay, Bering Glacier, and Yakutat. There are also 32, 15' maps that cover each of these. There is limited weather data available on the St. Elias range. It can snow any month of the year at higher elevations and at as low as 6000 feet during the summer.