"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home" - Gary Snyder
Iulian Ovod-Everett will lead "Hidden Lake Loop" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps parking lot. We will follow the powerline pass trail up towards hidden lake, then detour to the west below False Peak, before descending back and returning via the powerline pass trail.
The Chugach Front Range"The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today." Harriet Beecher Stowe
E. Marquez 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 Wolverine trail to the high cairn. From there, we will ascend directly to the ridge, and follow the ridge back down to No Man’s Land.
The Chugach Front Range"Travellin' light, is the only way to fly" JJ Cale
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird Creek 20K" with an estimated duration of 4 hours.
The route is in and conditions are right for the Bird Creek 20K! Low snow and frozen temps make for a fast route this year. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Rd. We will journey to the ford site and beyond to a suitable turnaround point on this out and back route.
Turnagain Arm"Let your heart be your guide and take you wherever you want to go" ~by Bob Ross
Lee Helzer will lead "Hillside Ramble" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet for a 6:30 departure at Glen Alps trailhead. We will ramble around on trails between Glen Alps, Upper Huffman, Upper O’Malley and Prospect Heights trailheads.
The Chugach Front Range"What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us" St. Teresa of Avila
E. Marquez will lead "McHugh Scree" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. This will be an out and back, up to the bowl, ascending the scree field to the pass, and return.
Turnagain ArmDave's not here man... Cheech and Chong
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Stoners" with an estimated duration of 2.5 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Upper Huffman trailhead. We will take a circuitous mix of obscure trails mixed with bushwhacking, possibly crossing the Middle Fork of Campbell Creek returning via a loop route.
The Chugach Front Range"Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be." Marsha Petrie Sue
E. Marquez will lead "Rough on the Edges" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the Wolverine trail to the cairn, before diverting to the high plateau beneath Wolverine and over the shoulder before descending to the Middle Fork trail.
This epic will be dedicated to the memory of Ron Nicholl, fellow Epic participant and quintessence of the Epic spirit, who passed away in 2024.
"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."– Thomas A. Edison
Lee Helzer will lead "Eagle River Run" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet for a 6:30 departure on the north side of Eagle River. We will start from a small pullout at the intersection of Hidden Haven Dr. and Aleden Ln off VFW Rd.
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We will head up river until open water prohibits progress and then return via Greenbelt trails. We may take a side detour over to South Fork Falls depending on participant ambitions.
Eagle River - South
Lee Helzer will lead "Upper Highway" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will be taking the Upper Highway route to the summit ridge directly above the trailhead or as far as participants care to go.
Turnagain Arm“Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.” ― Boethius
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Not So Near Point" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Basher trailhead on the south side of Campbell airstrip road. We will take the trails to Near Point, then continue on along the ridge to the pass, ascend and traverse the shoulder of Wolverine until we reach the main trail again for our return.
The Chugach Front Range“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.” ― Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Loop" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead. We will complete a loop route over to the Muldoon curve and back.
The Chugach Front Range"If two lines are drawn which intersect a third in such a way that the sum of the inner angles on one side is less than two right angles, then the two lines inevitably must intersect each other on that side if extended far enough." Euclid's 5th postulate.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Triangulation" with an estimated duration of 3 hours.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the trail towards Middle Fork. Just before the creek we will head uphill skirting the southern edge of the krummholz. Once we are past the trees we will descend to the Middle Fork trail to complete a figure 9 route.
The Chugach Front Range