09/18/2025 – Puppies Intro to Epics 101 – Bushwacking

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"Soon we will be out numbered"

Lee Helzer will lead "Puppies Intro to Epics 101 - Bushwacking" with an estimated duration of 2.5 hours.

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.

West Anchorage

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09/11/2025 – No Man’s Land

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"The river’s tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song. The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers, Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed." T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land

Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.

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.

The Chugach Front Range

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09/04/2025 – Harp from South Fork

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"The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience. "Anthony the Great

E. Marquez will lead "Harp from South Fork " with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

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.

Eagle River - South

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08/28/2025 – Rocky Lake

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“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.” ― Leo Tolstoy

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rocky Lake " with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

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.

The Chugach Front Range

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08/21/2025 – Rocky Lake

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“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.” ― Saint Teresa of Avila

E. Marquez will lead "Rocky Lake " with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

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.

The Chugach Front Range

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08/14/2025 – California Tarn Redo

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"The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them." ~Laurence Gonzales

Lee Helzer will lead "California Tarn Redo" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

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.

The Chugach Front Range

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08/07/2025 – Old Stump Road

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"Across the field where the creek turns back, By the old stump road, Im going to take you to a special place, That nobody knows" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Jesse Gobeli will lead "Old Stump Road" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Konikson Road trailhead in Bird Valley. We will head up the main trail past the bridge over Penguin Creek, then we will detour into the forest, cross Penguin Creek and the old stump road, and ascend through hemlock forests to the northwest ridge that leads to Penguin Peak. We will return by the Penguin Peak standard trail.

Turnagain Arm

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07/31/2025 – Hole in the wall

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"quote" ~by whom

Lee Helzer will lead "Hole in the wall" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.

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.

The Chugach Front Range

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07/24/2025 – Falls Creek to Indian

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"The early bird who gets the worm works for somebody who comes in late and owns the worm farm" John D. MacDonald

E. Marquez will lead "Falls Creek to Indian" with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

Meet at 6:15 p.m. (note early time) at the Indian trailhead at the end of Boretide road. We will carpool back to the Falls Creek trailhead for a 6:30 start. We will head up the Falls Creek trail and ascend to the small tarn. Then, instead of returning by the same route, we will climb the ridge above the tarn and undertake a substantial bushwhack down through the cliffs and alders to the Powerline trail and back to the Indian trailhead.

Turnagain Arm

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07/17/2025 – Eklutna Out and Back

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“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain.” Nan Shepherd

E. Marquez will lead "Eklutna Out and Back" with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the day use area at Eklutna Lakeside trailhead. We will take the trail up to the ridge on the south side of the lake, then descend and cross Thunderbird Creek, then ascend the ridge on the opposite side. Return will reverse the route back to the trailhead.

Eklutna

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07/10/2025 – McHugh’s Broad Shoulder

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"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness" -John Muir

Iulian Ovod-Everett will lead "McHugh's Broad Shoulder" with an estimated duration of 3.5 hours.

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.

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07/03/2025 – California Tarn

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"Things that just happen are sometimes more beautiful than things you really sit and plan." ~by Bob Ross

Lee Helzer will lead "California Tarn" with an estimated duration of 4.5 hours.

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.

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