Mount Saint Elias

mountain on the Canada-United States border

Key facts

Elevation: 18,008 ft (5,489 m) , NAVD88
Prominence: 11,250 ft (3,430 m)
Parent peak: Mount Logan
Isolation: 25.6 mi (41.2 km)
Listing: World most prominent peaks 53rd North America highest peaks 4th North America prominent peaks 11th Canada highest major peaks 2nd US highest major peaks 2nd
Location: Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska , U.S./ Yukon , Canada
Parent range: Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map s: USGS Mt. Saint Elias, NTS 115C7 Newton Glacier
First ascent: 1897 by Duke of the Abruzzi
Easiest route: glacier/snow/ice climb

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Mount Saint Elias (Was'eitushaa, also designated Boundary Peak 186) 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. side of the mountain is located within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

Although it is only 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada, it nonetheless retains a high prominence due to the low Columbus-Seward Glacier separating them. Due to notoriously bad weather and difficult climbing routes, Mount Saint Elias is infrequently climbed.