Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Hemlock Burn trail loop" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30pm Prospect Trailhead. We will likely head uphill on the new Hemlock Burn trail to Glen Alps and then back down the Powerline or other small trails. Microspikes may be desired – depending on if we get new snow. There are some slick spots, but not many.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Ballfield Gully" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the Glen Alps parking lot. We will head up to the Ballfield and then make a left turn down the gully. Hopefully, it will still have hard-packed snow; if not we will stay up a little higher on the rocks and tundra. We will loop back on the Middle Fork trail. Be prepared for wet feet. May help to take microspikes and snowshoes, but postholing is way more fun.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "60!!!" with a duration of 1 hour somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
NOTE: Start time: 6:00pm
Meet for start time at 6:00pm for a run of 60 minutes, 60 seconds. Do you see a theme? Yes, I am turning 60 years young; wishing to celebrate by doing something I love – running in the mountains. Meet at Glen Alps parking lot (original lot) for an excursion up to the Ballfield by the traditional route and return by the new trail. Take a headlamp in case we venture out past dark.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Penguin Peak" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30pm at trailhead: turn left off Seward Hwy on Konikson Rd (past Bird Creek trailhead and campground) and go to the end of the dirt road to large parking lot. This is an out-and-back of 6.3 miles and elevation gain of over 4000 ft. Be prepared for a climb! May bring a headlamp, just in case.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Ridgeline Above McHugh Creek" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Starting at 6:30pm from the McHugh (upper) parking lot, we will start up the trail toward McHugh lake but then divert up to the ridgeline at a strategic location. We will pick our way along the ridgeline until we drop back down to the trail at an advantageous spot. Return on the trail for a lollypop route.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Potter to McHugh, Maybe" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
This out and back route will attempt to get on the ridge to McHugh from Potter Valley Rd. Meet at 6:30 in the dirt pull-out area shortly after Potter Valley Road becomes gravel (turn left to cont. on Potter Valley Rd and not SouthPointe Rd). Approx 2.5 hours, some bush bashing required to avoid private property.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "A Walk in the Park" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Hillside parking lot along Abbott Road for Anne’s first Epic since the knee injury. We will mostly be hiking the small trails on the Hillside.
The photo below by AVH is of hoodoos in Bryce Canyon NP.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Flattop Figure 8" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 pm at the intersection of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon Road for carpooling. We will drive up a little higher and take the trail up the backside of Flattop, then cross over Peak 2 and either come down the north or south side of saddle between Peak 2 and 3. If we go down the north side, we will drop down to the Powerline trail, scuttle back toward the trailhead, but then climb back up and over the saddle between Flattop and Peak 2. And, down again for our figure 8.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Hillside Horror" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Hillside parking lot along Abbott Road for a twisting, turning, tortured run through the Hillside. Wear a costume, if you dare.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Twelfth Anniversary" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - North.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Ptarmigan trailhead in Chugiak. Bring sleds to celebrate Jane Baldwin’s birthday. We will go out for dinner afterward in Eagle River. Estimated
duration is 2 hours. Note: this also falls on the twelfth anniversary of the
“Thursday Evening Epic Runs”.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Hillside Loop(s)" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm at Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take a series of smaller trails in the Hillside. Be prepared for ice patches – two lights may be desirable and traction for shoes.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Flattop Figure 8" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Anne Ver Hoef; Flattop Figure 8; class 2; 2.5 hours; meet at 6:15 pm (for carpooling) at the curve where Upper DeArmoun goes to the right onto Canyon Road OR at Rabbit Lake trailhead at 6:30 pm; we will take the trail up the south side of Flattop, across the ridges over Peak Two, down the north side to the Powerline Trail, go along the Powerline for a little ways, and back up to the ridge and low spot between Flatop and Peak Two, and will finally descend the trail back to Rabbit Lake Trailhead; route includes some off trail sections through low brush and rocks.