Jesse Gobeli will lead "How Low Will it Go?" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the North Bivouac trailhead off of Campbell Airstrip Road. We will take a circuitous route through various swamps, Campbell airstrip, botanical gardens, lost cabin and gasline searching for low temperatures.
E. Marquez will lead "Off Point" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the small parking area next to the military land at the end of Basher Dr. for a 6:30 departure. We will head up to Near Point, then down towards the Lost Cabin, then back along neighborhood trails and roads to the trailehead.
Lee Helzer will lead "Middle Fork Exploration" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Prospect Heights trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will head out the Middle Fork and explore possible trails that may or may not cross Campbell creek. We will likely return via the Powerline trail. Snowshoes recommended.
E. Marquez will lead "Nintendo Hill" 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 head up Nintendo Hill and then cross the ballfield to the high point, before descending directly to Middle Fork.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Snow Turtling" 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 head up the Powerline trail and connect over to the Middle Fork trail via Campbell Creek Gorge trail and return. Snow shoes advised.
Lee Helzer will lead "Beach Day" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at the Jodhpur parking lot for a 6:30 departure. We will head north west along the coast and return via the bluff trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Lost Cabin Route" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead off of Abbott road. We will take the trail to the Gasline trail, to Prospect Heights and then to the Wolverine trail break off. We will return via the Lost Cabin route and down to Bivouac trailhead.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "How Low Will it Go?" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead off of Abbott Rd. We will take a circuitous route towards the Botanical Gardens and back searching for the coldest temperatures.
Heather Helzer will lead "Nearpoint Figure " with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Note earlier start time.
Meet at the Prospect Heights Trailhead for a 3:00pm departure. We will attempt to construct a figure 8 route that includes Near Point and minimizes bushwhacking.
E. Marquez will lead "Christmas Epic" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet for a 6:30pm departure in Kincaid at the Raspberry parking lot before the bridge. We will ramble about on an undefined route.
Lee Helzer will lead "Far North Bicentennial Ramble" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at the North Bivouac Trail head for a 6:30pm departure. We will ramble about the nicely packed fat bike trails and try not to get too lost. Expect cold temps.
Rob DeVelice will lead "25th Anniversary Epic" with a duration of 1 hour somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Note early start time of 6:00pm.
For twenty-five years, Thursday Evening Epics have turned an ordinary 6:30 p.m. weeknight into a standing date with adventure and fortitude! From early outings in 2000 to recent classics like Bird Creek 20K, No Man’s Land, Bunny Boots, Rays on Rainbow, McMurdo, Hairy Potter, and dozens more, the theme has stayed the same – adventurous, supportive non-competitive runs/hikes of a few hours where most never go.
Over 1,200 Epics, a loose collection of names on the “leaders” page has quietly built a tradition: Rob, Jesse, Lee, E. Marquez, and many others go every week no matter what the weather or season. We’ve post holed by headlamp our way up peaks and bushwhacked impenetrable valleys, kicked balls through Rarámuri-inspired routes, left footprints on ski tracks, been the only cars left in the parking lot, and sometimes just rambled to “see what’s out there.”
On those Epics we’ve found many hidden trails and visited countless unnamed places that some now have a name on the map like Nintendo Hill, Dicky Bird, Upper Highway, Caballo Blanco, Tortilla Chip Rock, Quadruple Bypass, Path of Destruction, Rough Around the Edges, Tire Iron, Sheep Thrills Ridge, No Mans Land, Black Mesa, Nigra Falls, Ninja Ridge, No Disco, Old Stump Road, Hole in the Wall, Workshop of Horrors, McMurdo, Keg and Ales, Lilly’s Trail, How Low Will it Go, and Sweat Lodge just to name a few.
This 25th-anniversary Epic is a simple walk around the track to reminisce all the perils and favorite adventures, see familiar faces, brainstorm future routes and celebrate Thursday Evening Epic Runs.
Meet at The Dome for a 6:00pm start time. We’ll walk the track for as long as we wish and if participants desire will gather for meal at the participants discretion.