“Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.” ― Boethius
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Not So Near Point" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Basher trailhead on the south side of Campbell airstrip road. We will take the trails to Near Point, then continue on along the ridge to the pass, ascend and traverse the shoulder of Wolverine until we reach the main trail again for our return.
The Chugach Front Range“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.” ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Loop" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead. We will complete a loop route over to the Muldoon curve and back.
The Chugach Front Range"If two lines are drawn which intersect a third in such a way that the sum of the inner angles on one side is less than two right angles, then the two lines inevitably must intersect each other on that side if extended far enough." Euclid's 5th postulate.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Triangulation" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the trail towards Middle Fork. Just before the creek we will head uphill skirting the southern edge of the krummholz. Once we are past the trees we will descend to the Middle Fork trail to complete a figure 9 route.
The Chugach Front Range"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." Willie Nelson
E. Marquez will lead "Thanksgiving Day Epic" with an estimated duration of 2.5 hours.
Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will complete an out and back to Potter on the Turnagain Arm trail.
Turnagain Arm"My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went. In the mountains, there you feel free.." From The Waste Land by TS Eliot
Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail towards Wolverine before turning off at the large boulder and plunging into No Man’s Land. We will head to the pass, and then take the trail back over Near Point for the return.
The Chugach Front Range“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
E. Marquez will lead "Monkeyflower" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the Middle Fork trail for a mile or more before diverting uphill, taking a circuitous route past the Monkeyflower springs to reach the high point on the west side of the ballfield. We will return across the ballfield by the standard route. Snowshoes might be helpful as we traverse the lower portions of the valley.
The Chugach Front Range“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.” ― Kahlil Gibran
Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Our 12th Annual Pow/MIA ascent.
Meet at 6:15pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road. Due to limited space we will carpool to a 4ish car gravel pullout at about mile 4.5 on Eklutna Lake Road by electric pole 74. We will then hike up the road to electric pole 85 where we will depart the road and head up to Gold Star Peak then head over to Mount POW/MIA, pay homage, and return. Micro-spikes and ice axe recommended. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.
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United States POW-MIA flag
“Anyone not wanting to sink in the wretchedness of the finite is obliged in the most profound sense to struggle with the infinite.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Hairy Potter" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Weigh Station just south of Potter Marsh. We will take the Turnagain Arm trail for about one mile before jumping off and ascending to the hill above Potter. We will make our way back along various game trails. Microspikes and possibly ice axe recommended.
Turnagain Arm“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
Lee Helzer will lead "McMurdo" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.
Meet at Glen Alps for a 6:30 departure. We will head out to Hidden Lake (AKA McMurdo) to check out the ice and return.
The Chugach Front Range“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” Henry David Thoreau
E. Marquez will lead "A little Rusty" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail and then the Middle Fork trail. We will detour from the Middle Fork trail directly uphill to the See Me Feel Me boulder, and from there to Rusty Point. We will traverse the ridge to the low saddle, and then divert directly to the Wolverine trail cairn and back to the trailhead.
The Chugach Front Range“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?" - Garth Nix
Lee Helzer will lead "Penguin Valley Exploration" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.
Meet at the Bird Valley trailhead at the end of Konikson road for a 6:30 departure. We will follow the Penguin Creek trail to its end. We will continue exploration up valley via heavy bushwhacking for as far as time allows then return beaten up and battered by Mother Nature for attempting something so foolish.
Turnagain Arm"the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.” ― Josef Pieper
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bunny Boots Reverse" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. This route will be the reverse of the March 21st epic “North Side Bunny Boots Repeat” epic. We will jog out the powerline trail to about mile 2.5, then head directly up to the summit of Peak Three.
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