Everything worth knowing about Girdwood, Alaska, in one place.
Sakura is in Hotel Alyeska and offers a fun and modern dining experience featuring fresh seafood and meats, creative sushi and cocktails.
Turnagain Fish Co catches, processes, cooks, and serves fresh Alaskan seafood right in their very own restaurant. They also sell frozen seafood to take home.
Upper part of the Historic Iditarod trail that passes through Girdwood. This section of the trail marries up with Winner Creek Trail by Crow Creek Mine.
Everything worth knowing about Girdwood, Alaska, in one place. This is the Girdwood Chamber of Commerce’s own directory of the mountain town at the head of Turnagain Arm: the restaurants, lodges, shops, guides, and services that make up a real community of about two thousand people, forty minutes south of Anchorage in the heart of the Chugach.
Browse the whole guide below, or narrow by category: where to eat, where to stay, where to shop, the services you need, and the things to do across summer and winter. Every listing here is a Girdwood business. No aggregator padding, no out-of-town filler.
Girdwood sits in a temperate rainforest valley ringed by seven glaciers and North America’s largest ski resort. Summer brings hiking, rafting, and near-endless daylight; winter brings some of the deepest snow in Alaska. Use this guide to plan a day or a week, and support the locals who keep the valley running year-round.