Hubbard Glacier

Situated at the northern end of Yakutat Bay in Disenchantment Bay within the Wrangell-St Elias National Park, lies the Hubbard Glacier. From its source on Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory, Hubbard Glacier stretches 76 miles to the sea making it the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, with an open calving face over six miles wide and 300 foot high (with another 300ft beneath the surface!).

As well as its awesome size it is also one of the fastest moving glaciers, creaking and groaning as it advances. Before it reaches the sea, Hubbard is joined by the Valerie Glacier to the west, which, through forward surges of its own ice, has contributed to the advance of the ice flow. Given the local riptides and currents which keeps the glacier in constant motion, Hubbard is one of the best performers in terms of calving activity and visitors to the bay can marvel at the huge chunks of ice crashing into the ocean at any time.

The smaller Turner Glacier adjacent to Hubbard is overshadowed by its illustrious neighbour.