Lee Helzer will lead "How far does it go?" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet for a 6:30 departure at the Indian Valley Trailhead at the end of Boretide Road.
We will head up the Powerline Trail until around 1,800ft where we will leave the beaten path and follow trails built by fairies in search of a mythical new trail which we will ideally return by.
E. Marquez will lead "Mchuch Scree" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will take the Homestead trail and then ascend the standard scree field to the ridge. We will return by the main trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Kincaid ramble" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Raspberry Road trailhead (just outside the gate). We will take a mix of trails on a short ramble through the park.
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.
Lee Helzer will lead "Sheep Thrills" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at Windy Corner trailhead at 6:15. We will carpool to Falls Creek trailhead where we will head up the “new” trail to Sheep Thrills ridge brushing out any over growth. We will return via Lilly’s trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Potter Hill Climb" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead (lower parking lot). We will take the Turnagain Arm trail to mile 2, then head uphill to the Potter Overlook. We will descend by a varied route.
Lee Helzer will lead "Puppies Intro to Epics 101 - Bushwacking" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at the Upper Huffman Trailhead for a 6:30 departure. On this Epic we will introduce puppies to single track trails, animal trails, bushwhacking, and river crossings while being cold and wet.
We’ll investigate a new bridge on the Campbell Gorge Trail and perform minimal trail maintenance along the way. We will target an 8:55 return to avoid locked gates and exhausted puppies.
This epic will be more hiking than running.
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.
E. Marquez will lead "Harp from South Fork " 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 take the main trail towards the Hanging Valley,and then diverge north to ascend the south face of Harp Mountain. We will return by the same route.
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.