07/25/2024 – Mchugh Traverse

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

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

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.

09/28/2023 – Chasing Sunsets

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.

08/24/2023 – Service Work

Lee Helzer will lead "Service Work" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at the Rainbow Trailhead for a 6:30 departure.  We will follow an intermittent trail (No Disco) up valley toward South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex to an undetermined point then return via the same route.

08/10/2023 – Adelie

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

Meet at 6:30 p.m. on the small pullout on the north side of the Seward Highway at mile 96 across from Bird Point. This is the one near the small crag. From here, we will take the bike path for a short distance and then head directly up, seeking to attain the ridge near Adelie point. The caliber of bushwhacking is unknown.

06/16/2022 – Hiland

E. Marquez will lead "Hiland" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - South.

Meet at the South Fork Eagle River trailhead at 6:30 p.m.  We will head up Hunter Pass, then run the ridgeline to Rendezvous, Gordon Lyon and Hiland Mountain.  We will return by the same route.

06/09/2022 – Rainbow Circumnavigation

Lee Helzer will lead "Rainbow Circumnavigation" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet in the lower lot of McHugh for a 6:30 departure.  We will head up McHugh Lake trail keeping an eye out for lakes to swim in when the heat waves return.  At a low saddle we will hop over into the Rainbow Valley and return via sheep trails and eventually the Turnagain Arm trail.

03/10/2022 – Eagle River

Lee Helzer will lead "Eagle River" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - South.

Meet at the Eagle River Greenbelt day use area just south of Eagle River before the Briggs Bridge off Eagle River Loop Road for a 6:30 departure.  We will adventure upstream and if conditions are ideal will continue to where the river meets Eagle River Road for a point A to B route.  Trail reports show open water, but are unclear how far the packed tail will be.  If conditions are unfavorable we will return via the Lower Eagle River Trail.

Expect wet feet.

http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/misc/ergbap/ergbap.htm

09/02/2021 – North Suicide

Brent Stockwell will lead "North Suicide" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Note: 6:00pm start.

Meet for a 6:00pm departure from the Rabbit Creek trailhead.  We will take the standard route up North Suicide and leave the option for a South Suicide ascent if participants are willing.  We may experience termination dust.