Reading their web page you don't get the private in a taildragger, they start you in a 172.
benefits of getting the PPL in the Alaskan weather/terrain
You'll have many more "shouldn't have done that" memories. Besides getting good at preheating your aircraft you don't want to be battling weather as a primary student. There's a reason the Air Corps did and the Air Force still does their basic instruction in southern states.