Jesse Gobeli will lead "High Tide" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Jodhpur trailhead at Kincaid Park. We will explore a mix of trails before we head down to the beach for an out and back jaunt.
E. Marquez will lead "Christmas Epic" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet for a 6:30pm departure in Kincaid at the Raspberry parking lot before the bridge. We will ramble about on an undefined route.
E. Marquez will lead "Thanksgiving Day Epic" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 9 a.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will do an out and back to Potter on the Turnagain Arm trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Kincaid ramble" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Raspberry trailhead at Kincaid. This route will follow a mix of singletrack trails circuiting the park.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Kincaid ramble" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Raspberry Road trailhead (just outside the gate). We will take a mix of trails on a short ramble through the park.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge 49" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek Trailhead for a sauntering exploration of botanical, avian, and aquatic diversity. We will stick together for about one hour, at which point decisions will be made regarding fragmentation into smaller groups.
Lee Helzer will lead "Snow Turtling" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Note change of location due to record snow fall.
Meet at the Kincaid chalet for a 6:30 departure. We will snow turtle around the bluff and dunes. Snowshoes suggested.
E. Marquez will lead "Thanksgiving Day Epic" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Thanksgiving Day Epic! Meet at 9 a.m. (note early time) at the Hillside trailhead on Abbott Road. We will jog a loop route to the Bivouac and Prospect Heights trailheads and back.
Lee Helzer will lead "FTC 52" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Glen Alps parking lot for a 6:30pm sharp departure. We will casually hike up Flattop via the standard trail and celebrate Lee and Josh’s successful completion of the 2021 FTC 52 challenge. Ice axe and micro spikes recommended.
Rob DeVelice will lead "2 Below" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the parking area nearest to MP111 of the Seward Highway for a chill off trail out-and-back upslope (out) and downslope (back).
Rob DeVelice will lead "Ferns in the Snow" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area. We will proceed upslope to visit a population of licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) at the northern limit of the species. For cool information on licorice fern go to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55104-Polypodium-glycyrrhiza
The photo below was taken by RLD on January 13, 2021.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Phasers on Stun" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the parking area by the water treatment plant just after the Point Woronzof turn off. We will do a sauntering loop through the woods.