E. Marquez will lead "Lost Cabin" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead. We will proceed using a number of trails and eventually end up in the vicinity of the lost O’Malley cabin.
Lee Helzer will lead "Starting the Year off Right" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the Glen Alps Parking lot for a 6:30 departure. We will head up Flattop and head as far as Flaketop. We will return via the Powerline trail. Avy danger may be present.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Falls Creek" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m at the Falls Creek trailhead. We will proceed along the main trail, post-hole through the valley, and ascend to the head of the Rainbow Creek drainage.
E. Marquez will lead "Judgement Call" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Hillside Park trailhead on Abbott Road. The route will head towards the North Bivouac trailhead, follow the Tank Trail for a ways, take a mix of trails towards the Botanical Garden,…and, ultimately, loop back to the start.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Long and Winding Road" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the weigh station on the Seward Highway by Potter Marsh. We will run to Rainbow and back on the Turnagain Arm trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Peters Creek.
Meet at 6:15pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road. Due to limited space we will carpool to a 4 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 Gold Star Peak then head over to Mount POW/MIA, pay homage, and return. Micro-spikes recommended. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.
Previous Years:
E. Marquez will lead "Rainbow Ridge" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will take an alternate route to the ridge and return.
E. Marquez will lead "Flaketop" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Rabbit Lake trailhead at 6:30 p.m. – take Upper DeArmoun to Canyon Road and then Canyon Road to the end. We will ascend to Flaketop via the ridge and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "O’Malley’s White Shoulder" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 in the Glen Alps parking lot. We will depart the fall colors as we know them and embark on a winter journey up Nintendo Hill to the Ball Field. From the head of the Ball Field we’ll venture over O’Malley’s white shoulder and return via the Powerline trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "Rendezvous Ridge Retry" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in JBER.
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.
Note: The road may be closed for military training. If closed, the backup option will be XXX. (I need to figure out a backup)
Lee Helzer will lead "Rendezvous Ridge" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in JBER.
The military has the road closed. Backup plan is to meet at the mile high trailhead.
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.
E. Marquez will lead "Potter" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the weigh station just south of Potter Marsh. We will take the main trail for approximately 1.5 miles before bushwhacking up to the Potter high point. We will return to the main trail by a different route.