Jesse Gobeli will lead "Hole in the Wall" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Rainbow trailhead at 6:30. This will be an out and back to the Hole-in-the-Wall site, following a network of obscure trails.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rusty" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will head to the Middle Fork trail for a bushwhacking ascent of Rusty Point.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Unnamed Traverse" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Rainbow trailhead at 6:15 (note earlier time). From there we will carpool to the Falls Creek trailhead for a 6:30 start. We will ascend the Sheep thrills ridge and descend the Unnamed Ridge.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Highland" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the pullout just before Arctic Valley ski area. We are planning to ascend Mt. Gordon Lyon, descend to the valley below, ascend Highland Mountain, and return via a Figure 9 route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird on a Wire" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Creek Trailhead at the end of Konikson Road. We will cross Penguin Creek on our way to exploring the old mining roads and sights of the Bird Creek area. We will visit the 1965 mustang fastback and the waterfalls of Bird Creek. We will follow the creek upstream for a mile or two before bushwhacking back to the main trail and return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Pivot Point" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the lower McHugh Creek trailhead at 6:30 p.m. The plan is to tour the pivot point boulders and then bushwhack along the creek that runs through this area past waterfalls, cottonwood, spruce and hemlock groves to its source high on the ridge.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land Plus" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights Trailhead. We will follow the trail to Wolverine, before plunging into the No Man’s Land. We will ascend to the pass, descend to the creek for a little while, and make our way back over Near Point to complete the route. Microspikes will be needed.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Surrealistic Pillows" 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 follow trails through the snow, before ascending to the Hidden Lake. We will return by the same route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Dickey-Bird!" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Bird Creek Trailhead at the end of Konikson Rd at 8:30 a.m. (Note earlier time than usual). We will ascend Dickey Bird peak through a combination of trail, bushwhacking, route-finding, and ridge scrambling. Microspikes recommended.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "The Jewel in the Rough" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Telephone Pole rock parking area just past Beluga Point on the Seward Highway. We will follow the Turnagain arm trail for a ways, ascend the mountain to somewhere below the black mesa massif, and then descend by a different route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Highland" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the pullout just before Arctic Valley ski area. We are planning to ascend Mt. Gordon Lyon, descend to the valley below, and ascend Highland Mountain. We will reverse the route on the return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "A little rusty" 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 complete a circuitous route involving ascent of Rusty Point. Anticipate some bushwhacking and scrambling.