Lee Helzer will lead "Passing Lane Exploration" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet for a 6:30 departure at the Rabbit Lake trail head. We will take the Rabbit Lake trail to Rabbit Lake then investigate the passes. We will return via the same route.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Penguin Peak" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30pm at trailhead: turn left off Seward Hwy on Konikson Rd (past Bird Creek trailhead and campground) and go to the end of the dirt road to large parking lot. This is an out-and-back of 6.3 miles and elevation gain of over 4000 ft. Be prepared for a climb! May bring a headlamp, just in case.
E. Marquez will lead "Harp Mountain" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - South.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the South Fork Eagle River Trailhead. We will take the main trail to the Hanging Valley, then ascend Harp Mountain and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "Bird Flew" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Update
The Highway will be closed from 10pm to 5am in Indian. We will keep the pace up to ensure we are back at the car by 9:30pm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Ridge trailhead (the rock quarry mega-lot). We will follow Bird Creek to the falls, then we will select a suitable ascent route to the top of Bird Ridge. We will return by the standard route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rays on Rainbow" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Telephone Pole Rock parking area just south of Beluga Point on the Seward Highway. We will follow trails until we ascend the north face of Rainbow Peak. We will return by the standard route.
E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Ramble" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead off of Abbott Road. We will follow trails to Near Point and return.
E. Marquez will lead "Knee Deep" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the small trailhead at the end of Basher Road. We will head up the trail to Near Point. Then we will plunge down into No Man’s Land and bushwhack over to the main Wolverine trail. Then we will take the Lost Cabin trail back to the Basher trailhead. From there we will run back to the start.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rough on the Edges" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the trail towards Wolverine, then plunge into the valley and directly to the Middle Fork trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "Hillside Trails Ramble" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Upper Huffman Trailhead (at the end of Sultana Rd.) for a 6:30 departure. We’ll ramble around the Hillside trails and try to find our way to the proposed Campbell Gorge Trail to link up to the Middle Fork trail then return via a combination of the Powerline and Gasline trails.
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/plans/chugach/trailpln/csptrail_complete.pdf
E. Marquez will lead "Dance of the Troglodytes" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights Trailhead on the Anchorage Hillside. We will head up to the granite erratic on the Wolverine Peak Trail. From there we will take the “No Mans Land” route towards Near Point to the ridge where we will proceed towards Wolverine Peak. We will descend on the main trail without going to the Wolverine Peak summit.
Lee Helzer will lead "Land of the Giants" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Bird Valley Trail-head at the end of Konikson Rd. for a 6:30 departure. We’ll wonder through a grove of massive cottonwoods on our way to Bird creek. We’ll follow the creek north for a ways and return roughly via the standard trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Beach Party" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Point Woronzof at the small parking area adjacent to the wastewater treatment plant. This distance run will involve an amalgam of single and multi track trails, eventually reaching the bluffs at Kincaid. Our beach return route will have us dodging ice formations and battling icy headwinds all the way home.