05/07/2026 – No Disco

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“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief” ― Cicero

Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Disco" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will be taking the lower (No Disco) trail towards the headwaters of Rainbow Creek. Past the creek, we will change direction and traverse steep slopes to the bowl below Hole in the Wall. From there we will complete a loop back to the trailhead. There is likely to be significant route finding and bushwhacking due to the volume of deadfall and blowdown on the route.

Turnagain Arm

04/30/2026 – Upper Highway

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"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway

Lee Helzer will lead "Upper Highway" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet for a 6:30 departure at the Rainbow trailhead.  We will take the Upper Highway trail as an out and back or bushwhack back to the Turnagain trail for the return.

Turnagain Arm

04/23/2026 – No Man’s Land

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"If we wish not to go backwards, we must run." Pelagius

E. Marquez will lead "No Man's Land" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Dome trailhead adjacent to the military fence at the end of Basher Rd. We will take the trail up the back side of Near Point. From there, we will traverse along the ridge before descending into No Man’s Land. We will make our way back to the Wolverine trail, and ultimately run Basher road back to the start.

The Chugach Front Range

04/16/2026 – Black Mesa Loop

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"Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licóur Of which vertú engendred is the flour;" Geoffrey Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Black Mesa Loop" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at 6:30 in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area (on the left after Beluga Point) on the Seward Highway. We will head up to the Turnagain Arm Trail and then diverge onto a ridge heading to Black Mesa. We will ascend Black Mesa, then loop around the North side, and descend via a different route to the main trail.

The Chugach Front Range

04/09/2026 – Rays on Rainbow

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"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." -Frank Herbert

Lee Helzer will lead "Rays on Rainbow" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area (on the left after Beluga Point) on the Seward Highway. We will head up to the Turnagain Arm Trail and then diverge onto a ridge heading towards the Black Mesa. From there we will asses snow conditions and either continue up the North Face or the south west ridge of Rainbow Peak (hopefully) enjoying a beautiful sunset along the way.  Ice axe and micro spikes recommended.

From the summit we will take the standard route back to the Turnagain Arm Trail and return to the cars. There are out and back opportunities for those not desiring partaking in the full enchilada.

Turnagain Arm

04/02/2026 – Chupacabra Pass

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"Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages." Aristotle

E. Marquez will lead "Chupacabra Pass" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the main trail to the creek, then begin our ascent in search of the legendary Chupacabra at Ship Lake (aka Chupacabra) Pass. We will return by the same route. Snowshoes are advised, although the prevalence of snow machine tracks should make travel faster.

The Chugach Front Range

03/26/2026 – Sunset Stroll on the Beach

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''Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." ~John Keats

Lee Helzer will lead "Sunset Stroll on the Beach" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet in the Jodhpur parking lot for a 6:30 departure.  We will head out to the beach and soak up as many rays as we can.

West Anchorage

03/19/2026 – McMurdo

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"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves." Ludwig Wittgenstein

Jesse Gobeli will lead "McMurdo " with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at the Glen Alps trailhead at 6:30 p.m. We will take the main trail to the bridge and then ascend to Hidden Lake. The return route will be along the east side of the creek, the Three Headlights route. Snowshoes recommended for the return route.

The Chugach Front Range

03/12/2026 – Rough on the Edges

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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. - Charles Dickens

E. Marquez will lead "Rough on the Edges" with an estimated duration of 2.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the Wolverine trail to the cairn, before diverting to the high plateau beneath Rusty Point and over the shoulder before descending to the Middle Fork trail and return. Snowshoes are recommended.

The Chugach Front Range

02/26/2026 – How Low Will it Go?

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"Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance." Evagrius Ponticus

Jesse Gobeli will lead "How Low Will it Go?" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the North Bivouac trailhead off of Campbell Airstrip Road. We will take a circuitous route through various swamps, Campbell airstrip, botanical gardens, lost cabin and gasline searching for low temperatures.

East Anchorage

02/19/2026 – Off Point

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"Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity." Saint Augustine

E. Marquez will lead "Off Point" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet in the small parking area next to the military land at the end of Basher Dr. for a 6:30 departure. We will head up to Near Point, then down towards the Lost Cabin, then back along neighborhood trails and roads to the trailehead.

The Chugach Front Range