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Travel: When You Can't Stand the Heat

 

Accommodations: Cabins start at $21,000, and while there is an onboard sauna, the staterooms on this ship can't really be called luxe. Think "small Christian college dorm rooms," says Cross.

The Yukon, Canada

Average July low/high temperatures: 46° | 69° F

In the southwest corner of the Yukon Territory in Canada is a less-traveled national park called Kluane (pronounced Kloo-ahn-ee). It's tough getting into the park without a snowmobile in the winter, but in the summer, the 8,500 square miles open with possibilities. The park contains several glaciers and all 19,545 feet of Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, which is part of the St. Elias mountain range. A few outfitters offer sightseeing tours, helicopter rides to the mountaintops for guided hikes, and white-water rafting trips on the Alsek River (travelyukon.com).

Accommodations: The nearest town is teensy Haines Junction, which is not the world capital of swank hotels. Your best bet is the Raven Hotel (yukonweb.com/tourism/raven), with its spectacular mountain view. You won't find high-end architecture or design here, but the small hotel, which is one of the rare nonsmoking accommodations in the area, earned four out of five stars from Canada Select, the country's hotel rating authority.

Queenstown, New Zealand

Average July low/high temperatures: 31° | 46° F

Queenstown is where New Zealand goes to ski, and conditions are best in August. The city, which contains a wide range of high-end restaurants and boutiques, is located on Lake Wakatipu and surrounded by the aptly named Remarkables mountain range. One of the country's oldest ski resorts, Coronet Peak (nzski.com), offers a range of trails for beginners to advanced skiers, as well as night skiing. Some daring intermediate and advanced skiers opt to heliski on glaciers near Mount Cook and Mount Aspiring.

Accommodations: Expect to pay $600 to $1,000 a night for an upscale hotel, such as Eichardt's (eichardtshotel.co.nz) and the Sofitel Queenstown (sofitelqueenstown.com). You can book a room for less than $300 a night at a hotel like the Heritage Queenstown (heritagehotels.co.nz/queenstown). Heliskiers who don't mind the scenic 35-minute drive into Queenstown can stay further afield at Blanket Bay (blanketbay.com), where a concierge will arrange your skiing expedition.

Mount Hood, Oregon

Average July low/high temperatures: 46° | 67° F

The Palmer Snowfield on Mount Hood has the longest ski season in North America. It stayed open all of last summer, and typically shuts down only for a few weeks in the fall for routine maintenance. Pros (as well as other hard-core skiers and snowboarders) keep their skills sharp here in the summer, so the crowd is often a who's who of mountain sports. You'll find springlike conditions through July and August, with the best snow early in the morning. As the day warms up, you can head down into the valley for mountain biking and hiking or to the Sandy or Clackamas rivers for kayaking and rafting (traveloregon.com).

Accommodations: The Timberline Lodge (timberlinelodge.com), located halfway up Mount Hood, has small, charming rooms that are decked out in rustic regalia--think quilts and knotty pine--for about $150 to $275 a night. The hotel also has a swimming pool, hot tub, and sauna. Make reservations early because it gets booked up fast for summer ski season.

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