E. Marquez will lead "Flaketop" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 p.m. at the corner of Upper De Armoun road and Canyon road. We will carpool to the trailhead for a 6:30 start. We will proceed to Flattop and continue along the ridge to Flaketop, and return via the main trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Near Point" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead on Abbott Road. We will proceed to Near Point and return using a variety of trails.
Lee Helzer will lead "Last Minute " with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Glen Alps for for a 6:30 departure. We’ll head up Nintendo Hill, cross the Ballfield and return by Williwaw Lakes and Middle Fork trails. Expect postholing.
E. Marquez 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 the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail to just below Wolverine. Then we will turn off the main trail and bushwhack directly to the Middle Fork trail and return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Tohu va vohu" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will ascend the unnamed route via bushwhack and routefinding to a turnaround point on the ridge.
Lee Helzer will lead "Slowly Getting Back into it" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Glen Alps Trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will run/hike toward Grey Lake. This will be a low key Epic.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail towards Wolverine before jumping off into No Man’s Land. From there we will head to Wolverine Peak and return.
E. Marquez will lead "Peak 3" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 at the intersection of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon roads. We will carpool to the Rabbit Lake trailhead for a 6:30 start. We will climb to the top of Flattop, then follow the ridge to Peak 3 and return. Microspikes and ice axe may be necessary.
E. Marquez will lead "A Different Rusty" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the main trail, but at the creek before the Wolverine trail we will break off and bushwhack straight to Rusty Point. After we ascend Rusty, we will return by the main trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Hidden Lake" 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 take the main trail, ascend to Hidden Lake, explore the lake ice formations and return by a similar route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Williwaw" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Glen Alps at 6:30 p.m. We will proceed up the middle fork trail to Williwaw lakes. We will then climb a ridge to reach the ballfield and return via Nintendo hill.
Lee Helzer will lead "The Long Road to Recovery" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
At 6:30 we will depart from Upper O’Malley trailhead by Shebanof Ave. and Stroganof Dr.
This will be my first Epic back and longest hike to date after my knee injury. The first half of the Epic will be a slow and cautious walk up the Gasline trail linking to the Powerline trail via the Hemlock Knob trail. Once we reach the Glen Alps cut off, I will depart as my knee currently only allows for uphill travel.
Those remaining will step up the pace and jog the Middle Fork trail to a weather/participant dependent creek crossing and exciting bushwhack back to the Rim trail. A series of trails will link runners back to the Upper O’Malley trailhead.