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.
Rob DeVelice will lead "23rd Epic Anniversary" with a duration of 1 hour somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 5820 Yukon Rd for a 6:30 departure (Anne Ver Hoef’s house). We will explore local trails and return for a celebratory party at 7:30.
Please feel free to join for just the party if desired. It will be a wonderful opportunity to catch up with everyone.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Epic Anniversary Gathering" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Join Rob and Anne in celebrating Epic Anniversary, established December 7, 2000; twenty-two years of running adventures.
Meet at 6:30pm for start time. We will begin and end at Anne’s house: starting out across the bridge over Abbott Road and taking a selection of awesome trails. Rob and Anne will peel off after a section and head back to the house to prepare anniversary snacks and beverages. Let’s celebrate all the memories, adventures, mishaps, thrills and friendships! Address: 5820 Yukon Road. All are welcome to join in after the run, at Anne’s house.
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.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Thanksgiving Virtual Epic" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Head out wherever (and whenever) your heart, desires, and/or capabilities lead (with proper social distancing). Please enter information on what you did in the comments.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge v49.2020" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek Trailhead on the Seward Highway. This will be a botany focused nature hike (not much running) and will update a species list originally generated in 2013 (see hyperlink below). We will attempt to identify 49 species of native plants (Alaska being the 49th state). The route will extend from sea level to about 1,200 feet elevation along the Falls Creek Trail in Chugach State Park.
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/alaska/FallsCreek/index.shtml
Rob DeVelice will lead "Botanical Recon" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Windy Corner parking area on the Seward Highway. We will begin on the Turnagain Arm Trail for a couple of kilometers and then diverge upslope via scramble and bushwack towards Sheep Thrills Ridge botanizing along the way. We will return after about one hour by the same route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Chilling-Out" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Raspberry Parking Lot of Kincaid Park. We will take a loop route on single track trails that will include a loop of Little Campbell Lake.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Sand Worm" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Raspberry Parking Lot of Kincaid Park. We will take a figure eight route on single track trails that will include an ascent and descent of the Kincaid dune.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Thanksgiving Daytime Outing" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 8:30 am in the Hillside Parking lot on Abbott Road. We will ramble on a mix of multi-use and single track trails.