Back when I worked in Albuquerque I made like 6 trips up to Alaska. Really enjoyed it up there. Made almost as many trips to Seattle.
Got to go up to Nome and Fairbanks too. Interesting places.
I'd love to have a summer place up there. Not so much in the winters other than the Ketchikan area. Temps there aren't much different that here in the spring other than the 14 feet of rain every year.