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Alaska also holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except September, where Big Piney, Wyoming recorded -15 °F (-26.1 °C) on September 20, 1983, while the coldest temperature recorded in Alaska in September was -13 °F (25 °C) in Arctic Village on September 30, 1970.
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The Sawtooth Range is a small mountain range in southeastern Alaska, United States, located just southwest of Warm Pass and on the north side of the East Fork of the Skagway River. It has an area of 97 km 2 and is a subrange of the Boundary Ranges which in turn form part of the Coast Mountains .
Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. Skagway is also the setting for part of Jack London's book The Call of the Wild, Will Hobbs's book Jason's Gold, and Joe Haldeman's novel, Guardian. The John Wayne film North to Alaska (1960) was filmed nearby.
The Skagway News headquarters in Skagway, Alaska, on June 19, 2019 The present-day Skagway News was first established in 1978 by William J. "Jeff" Brady. [ 1 ] It merged from 1978 to 1979 with the Haines -based Chilkat Valley News to form the Lynn Canal News , and then resumed publishing as a separate paper in 1982.
Extreme temperatures have ranged from −24 °F (−31 °C) on December 30, 1964, up to 88 °F (31 °C) on August 15, 2004, though on average, there are typically 3.9 days of minima reaching to or below 1 °F (−17 °C) and only 5.8 days of maxima at or above 70 °F (21 °C)+ highs annually.
From Sheep Camp many hikers leave early in the morning—as early as 4 a.m.—for the summit push into Canada. During the official hiking season the park ranger stationed just south of Sheep Camp gives a quick presentation outlining the route over the pass, the weather forecast, and snow conditions every evening in the pavilion. Rangers ...