07/25/2024 – Mchugh Traverse

Posted on July 22, 2024 by jgobeli

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." Saint Augustine

E. Marquez will lead "Mchugh Traverse" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rabbit Lake trailhead. From the trailhead, we will immediately drop down to Rabbit Creek and follow the trail until we head towards McHugh Peak. Once we reach the ridge, we will drop over the other side into the McHugh Lake drainage. From there, we will follow the trails back towards Rabbit Lake and back to the start.

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07/18/2024 – False Peak

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Lee Helzer

Lee Helzer will lead "False Peak" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at Glen Alps trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will head out the Powerline trail then take the Hidden Lake Trail. Once we reach the rock garden atop the knoll where we traditionally head toward the river we will instead B-Line it to the summit of False Peak. From the summit we will return to the Powerline trail via the gully just west of False Peak.

Note: I will be 15 to 20 minutes late. Please start without me and I will do my best to catch up.

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07/11/2024 – Williwaw Loop

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Josh A

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing." - Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Josh A. will lead "Williwaw Loop" with an estimated duration of 5.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will proceed over Near Point, drop down to the valley, continue to Long Lake and Williwaw Pass, then return via Middle Fork trail.

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07/04/2024 – Bloody Lip

Posted on July 3, 2024 by jgobeli

“Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.” ― David Hume

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bloody Lip" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. (Note early time) at the Rainbow Creek trailhead. We will carpool from there to Falls Creek, where we will ascend the Sheep Thrills route to the summit by Tortilla Chip. From there, we will descend the Upper Highway route down to the trailhead.

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06/27/2024 – South Sui

Posted on June 26, 2024 by jgobeli

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." – Dalai Lama

E. Marquez will lead "South Sui" with an estimated duration of 5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rabbit Creek trailhead. We will run the main trail to the lake, veer left, and ascend the slope to the ridge above the lake. From there we will proceed along the ridge to South Suicide Peak. Return route will be at the desires of the participants.

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06/20/2024 – Hope Mountain Plus

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Josh A

"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own." ~Bruce Lee

Josh A. will lead "Hope Mountain Plus" with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 at the Rabbit Creek trailhead. We’ll head down the standard Rabbit Lake trail for several miles before heading up the ridge to Hope Mountain (4630). We will then take the ridge back towards Rabbit Lake looking for glissade opportunites. We will return via the standard Rabbit Lake trail.

Ice axe recommended for maximum glissade enjoyment.

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06/13/2024 – Dickey Bird Loop

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Lee Helzer

"I breathe the clear and crystal air, So limpid pure, so sweet, so rare, So quick with breath divine!" ~by Ur Kvæði Fiskes, An Epistle from the Arctic Sea (1879)

Lee Helzer will lead "Dickey Bird Loop" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

Meet at the Bird Valley Trailhead (Konikson Rd) for a 6:30 departure. We will head out the Penguin Creek trail to the end where we will ascend to the ridge. We will follow the ridge over Peak 3800 and Dickey Bird then descend and return via the Bird Valley Trail.

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06/06/2024 – Botany Challenge 49

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Rob DeVelice

If you have to ask that question, you wouldn't understand the answer. ~John McPhee from "Coming Into the Country"

Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge 49" with an estimated duration of 2 hours.

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.

RLD photo of the licorice fern population on January 13, 2021.

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05/30/2024 – Ladders and Chutes Two

Posted on May 28, 2024 by jgobeli

“He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.” ― Seneca

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Ladders and Chutes Two" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will take the main trail into the Valley, before charging up ridge at an advantageous location. We will follow the ridge to McHugh Peak, in search of glissadeable snowfields 2000 feet back to the valley trail below.

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05/23/2024 – O’Malley’s White Shoulder

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Josh A

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Josh A. will lead "O’Malley’s White Shoulder" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the Nintendo Hill trail. We will ascend to the shoulder of O’Malley, then head down to Hidden Lake and return.

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05/16/2024 – Wolverine Traverse Redux

Posted on May 14, 2024 by jgobeli

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." Dr. Seuss

E. Marquez will lead "Wolverine Traverse Redux" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

This will be a redux of the 4/11/2024 attempt that was aborted due to extreme wind conditions.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail to Wolverine and the cairn. From there, we will head directly across valley to the low saddle between Wolverine and Rusty Point. After crossing over, we will drop down to the middle fork of Campbell Creek and return via various trails.

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05/09/2024 – Bird Flew

Posted on May 6, 2024 by jgobeli

“Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.” ― Plato, The Republic

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird Flew" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Ridge trailhead (mega parking lot). We will follow Bird Creek to the Falls before selecting a suitable uphill scramble to the top of Bird Ridge. We will return by the standard route.

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