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04/06/2017 – Farewell to Legs

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Mike Monterusso will lead "Farewell to Legs" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 at Prospect Heights Trailhead. We will move up the powerline and along the South Fork Rim trail while considering the elusive shortcut passage to the Middle Fork Trail. If we are denied, we will head west and return to the parking lot via Hemlock Knob or White Spruce trails.

This will be the final Epic for Mike Monterusso as he will soon depart the wondrous lands of Alaska for the flatlands of Minnesota to pursue new adventures both professional and epic.

02/09/2017 – Potter Exploration

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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.

01/26/2017 – No Problemo

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E. Marquez will lead "No Problemo" 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 take the main trail for approximately 1 mile, before diverting along the western side of the creek.   There will be bushwhacking and deep snow before we rejoin the main trail and return.

01/19/2017 – No Man’s Land

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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 Prospect Heights trailhead.  We will follow the main trail, detour to No Man’s Land, and ascend the north flank of Wolverine.  Depending on conditions, we may then venture further into the front range.  Microspikes are recommended.

01/05/2017 – Hillside Ramble

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E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Ramble" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at Hillside Trailhead at 6:30 p.m.  We will proceed along a route towards N. Bivouac trailhead, then to the Powerline, towards Campbell Creek and return through Prospect Heights.

12/15/2016 – Ballfield

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Joe Nyholm will lead "Ballfield " with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30pm at Glen alps parking lot. We will go towards o’malley and head westward on the middle fork trail and find a way up to the ridge and then proceed to the ball field. Once there we will do a lap or go up the o’malley ridge for a short ways and then return on a more direct route.

10/27/2016 – Bunny Boots

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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.