Lee Helzer will lead "Rusty Point" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Prospect Heights trail head for a 6:30 departure to Rusty Point. We’ll ascend the standard route and descend the south face returning by way of the Middle Fork Trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "Potter Exploration" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the larger pull off parking area off the Seward Highway along Potter Marsh before Potter Valley Road. The pull off is typically used for ice skaters, but not the one off Potter Valley road. We’ll traverse the marsh and then post-hole / bush whack up the hill a ways looking for man-made and game trails. We will return via Potter Creek. Gaiters and micro spikes recommended.
Lee Helzer will lead "Near Point Ramble" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the small parking area at the end of Basher Drive bordering the military base for a 6:30 departure. We’ll head up Near Point and return via the same route or a bushwhacked loop.
Lee Helzer will lead "100 Shades of the Rainbow" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Rainbow trail head at 6:30. We’ll take the standard route up Rainbow and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eklutna.
Meet at 6:15pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road. Due to limited space we will carpool to a 3 car gravel pullout at about mile 4.5 on Eklutna Lake Road by electric pole 74. We will then hike up the road to electric pole 85 where we will depart the road and head up to the monument, pay homage, and return. Micro-spikes recommended. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.
See 11/12/2015 – We Remember, 11/20/2014 – You Are Not Forgotten or 11/14/2013 – You Are Not Forgotten for additional info.
Lee Helzer will lead "Bunny Boots" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 pm at the junction of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon Roads for carpooling to the trail head. The route will ascend the backside of Flattop and will continue on the ridge towards Peak 3. In the Peak 3 vicinity we will descend to the Rabbit Lake Trail and return to the trail head.
Lee Helzer will lead "The Wedge" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Glen Alps trail head at 6:30. We will take the standard route up The Wedge and possibly return an alternate way.
Lee Helzer will lead "Hope Mountain" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
At 6:30 meet at the Rabbit Creek trail head. We’ll head up the trail to Hope Mountain (4630) and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "Peak 1340" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Peters Creek.
Meet at the Ptarmigan Valley Trail head at 6:30. We will head toward Roundtop, but divert early and bushwhack up Peak 1340 (4350).
Lee Helzer will lead "The Iron Nipple" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - North.
At 6:15, meet in the northeast portion of the Eagle River Wal-Mart parking lot. We will carpool to a very limited parking “trailhead” to access the Iron Nipple on an out and back. This will be a new location with theoretical access researched solely through the ether. If access is an issue we will divert to the Mile Hi trail head.
Lee Helzer will lead "Rendezvous Ridge" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in JBER.
Epic moved to baldy trailhead off skyline rd. Due to live fire.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the pull out just before the parking lot at the end of Arctic Valley Road. We will head up to Rendezvous Peak then take the ridge back to exceptional berry picking. After our mouths are blue and bellies full we’ll descend towards Ship Creek and catch a trail maintained by the local moose and bear population.
Lee Helzer will lead "Fire and Brimstone" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at the Rabbit Creek Trail head for a 6:30 departure. We will ascend McHugh Peak via the creek side trail to survey new created access paths. Expect to get wet.