Jesse Gobeli will lead "Monkeyflower" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the Middle Fork trail out and at some point ascend directly to the south up the steep and craggy north face of the ballfield. Ice axe and microspikes are recommended.
E. Marquez will lead "Rusty" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect heights trailhead. We will take the Wolverine trail to the big cairn. From there, we will set off across the valley and ascend to the low pass on the ridge. We will turn west and take the ridge to Rusty point, before descending to the Middle Fork trail for the return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Flaketop Reverse" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the powerline trail out for a few miles, and find a suitable point of ascent directly to the summit of Flaketop. We will return via the ridge.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the Near Point trail, but before we reach the summit we will divert to the southern face, and traverse the copious blueberry fields all the way to the Pass. We will make our way back down through No Man’s Land for the return trip.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rocky Lake " with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the Nintendo Hill trail to the ballfield, cross the ballfield, drop down to Williwaw lakes, and head back for a circumnavigation of Rocky Lake. We will return by the Middle Fork trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Rocky Lake " with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the main trail and then the Hidden Lake trail. From Hidden Lake, we will ascend the ridge to the east, and then drop directly down to Rocky Lake. We will take the Middle Fork trail back to the trailhead.
Lee Helzer will lead "California Tarn Redo" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the California Creek trailhead on Crow Creek Road
next to California Creek for a 6:30 departure. We will head up California Creek trail and make another attempt at getting to the tarn at the head of California Creek below Raggedtop Mountain. Expect significant bushwhacking, a headlight is advisable. If raining we may take an alternate route to Gentoo Peak to avoid the carwash.
Lee Helzer will lead "Hole in the wall" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Rainbow trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will ascend the Rainbow ridge to Hole in the Wall via sheep trails and return by trails that may or may not exist.
Iulian Ovod-Everett will lead "McHugh's Broad Shoulder" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
We will meet at 6:30 at the canyon road parking lot. We will descend to the creek, cross it, and ascend the gentle ridge to the East summit of McHugh. We will continue along the ridge to the low point, then descend and return via the rabbit lake trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "California Tarn" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the Brundie Rd. parking lot by the Alaska Railroad Girdwood Depot off Toadstool Dr. (road just before Alyeska Hwy) for a 6:30 departure.
We will head toward Bird on the Bird to Gird bike trail then hang a right on the Beaver Pond trail which we will follow to California Creek Trail. We will follow California Creek trail as far as it goes in hopes of finding a mountain tarn at the end of the valley time permitting. We will return via the same route.
Josh A. will lead "O'Malley's (not so) White Shoulder" 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 ascend the shoulder of O’Malley. We will descend down to the hidden lake area and pay a visit to hidden lake. We will return by way of the standard trails.
E. Marquez will lead "The Wedge" 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 take the main trail to the Hidden Lake turnoff to the ridge. From there we will cross the creek and ascend the ridge to the east leading directly to the Wedge. We will take a left at the summit of the Wedge and take the main trail back.