05/08/2025 – Epic 508

Posted on May 4, 2025 by jgobeli

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Epic 508" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will take the main trail up valley for about 1.5 miles. At elevation 1400 feet, we will leave the trail to ascend a previously unexplored ridge. Scrambling opportunities abound as we work our way through cliffs and boulders to a windswept alpine plateau at 3500 feet. Another 700 feet of ascent will round out the climbing for the evening, followed by a blistering 1800 foot descent to the main trail and a 3.5 mile jog back to the trailhead.

04/24/2025 – Rays on Rainbow

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Lee Helzer

Lee Helzer will lead "Rays on Rainbow" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

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.

02/06/2025 – Bird Creek 20K

Posted on February 4, 2025 by jgobeli

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird Creek 20K" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

The route is in and conditions are right for the Bird Creek 20K! Low snow and frozen temps make for a fast route this year. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Rd. We will journey to the ford site and beyond to a suitable turnaround point on this out and back route.

09/19/2024 – Sixmile Creek

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Lee Helzer

Lee Helzer will lead "Sixmile Creek" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Peters Creek.

Meet at the Peters Creek Trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will head out the Peters Creek trail. Just after Fourmile Creek we will head up the ridge and follow it until after Sixmile creek and descend south for the return.

09/05/2024 – O’Malley Reverse

Posted on September 4, 2024 by jgobeli

Jesse Gobeli will lead "O'Malley Reverse" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will ascend Nintendo Hill and traverse across the ballfield and down to Black Lake. Then, we will look for a route through the cliffs and ascend O’Malley from the north. Return will be via the standard route.

08/15/2024 – Eagle River ridge run

Posted on August 12, 2024 by jgobeli

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Eagle River ridge run" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - South.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the South Fork Eagle River trailhead. We will head up to the ridge and follow it to point 4603. From there, we will descend to and traverse the rock field to Symphony Lake. We will cross the bridge and jog the main trail back to the trailhead.

08/01/2024 – O’Malley Traverse

Posted on July 30, 2024 by jgobeli

Jesse Gobeli will lead "O'Malley Traverse" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will head up to the ballfield and the standard route to O’Malley Peak. Past the summit, we will make a sharp descent to the Williwaw Lakes. We will return via the lakes trail.

07/25/2024 – Mchugh Traverse

Posted on July 22, 2024 by jgobeli

E. Marquez will lead "Mchugh Traverse" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rabbit Lake trailhead. From the trailhead, we will immediately drop down to Rabbit Creek and follow the trail until we head towards McHugh Peak. Once we reach the ridge, we will drop over the other side into the McHugh Lake drainage. From there, we will follow the trails back towards Rabbit Lake and back to the start.

06/13/2024 – Dickey Bird Loop

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Lee Helzer

Lee Helzer will lead "Dickey Bird Loop" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at the Bird Valley Trailhead (Konikson Rd) for a 6:30 departure. We will head out the Penguin Creek trail to the end where we will ascend to the ridge. We will follow the ridge over Peak 3800 and Dickey Bird then descend and return via the Bird Valley Trail.

11/02/2023 – Tour de Football Field

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Josh A

Josh A. will lead "Tour de Football Field" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at the Glen Alps parking lot for a 6:30 pm departure.

We will head to the Football Field and visit Deep Lake. We will then hit the Football Field high point (just north of Deep Lake), and follow the ridge west to a suitable location to head down to the Williwaw Lakes trail. We will return via Middle Fork.

10/12/2023 – Wolvernear

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Josh A

Josh A. will lead "Wolvernear" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail to Wolverine Peak. We will then head to Near Point and return the via the main trail.

09/28/2023 – Chasing Sunsets

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Lee Helzer

Lee Helzer will lead "Chasing Sunsets" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at the South Side Flattop trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will head up the southside direct trail to Flattop and then follow the ridge back as far as Ptarmigan Pass and return via Rabbit Lake trail.

Epic photo opportunities will hopefully present themselves.

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