About this city
Yakutat is an isolated coastal borough uniquely situated on a glacial moraine along the Gulf of Alaska, surrounded entirely by the towering Saint Elias Mountains. Historically established as a vital Tlingit native settlement and later developed during the late-19th-century fur trade and gold exploration, the community remains profoundly connected to the sea. Yakutat is globally unique because it sits on the edge of the sprawling Hubbard Glacier and boasts world-class, cold-water ocean surfing along its wild, drift-wood lined sandy beaches.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Charter a boat to witness the dramatic calving of the massive Hubbard Glacier, surf the cold-water breaks at Ocean Cape, and fly-fish for steelhead trout along the scenic Situk River.
