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08/14/2014 – Unnatural Demise

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Jesse Gobeli will lead "Unnatural Demise" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Indian trailhead.   We will proceed along the powerline pass trail for several miles, before diverging into the Valley of the Unnatural Demise, between the Suicide and Homicide mountains.  The route in and out of the valley will feature extensive alder and krummholz bushwhacking.  We will follow a Figure 9 route, with the goal of reaching the mountain tarn at the head of the valley.

07/17/2014 – Buzzard

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Buzzard" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Road in Bird. We will proceed on trails along Penguin Creek for a ways and then head strait up the Northwest Ridge of Penguin Peak via forest bushwhack. We may go to the summit of Penguin Peak but will definitely descend the Penguin Peak Trail. Expect a potentially difficult stream crossing, uncertain terrain, and hungry brown bears.

06/26/2014 – Feeling Good Revisited

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E. Marquez will lead "Feeling Good Revisited" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 PM at Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. The basic plan is to head out on a remnant of the Old Johnson Trail then head up via bushwack and scramble to Sweatlodge Ridge and down and back in a loop configuration.

05/29/2014 – Black Lung

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E. Marquez will lead "Black Lung" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm at the Windy Corner trail head on the Seward Highway. We will start on the Turnagain Arm Trail but will soon head up on a steep and sustained bushwack and scramble to Sheep Thrills Ridge. We will then loop back via mixed terrain.

05/22/2014 – Sheep Thrills

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Lee Helzer will lead "Sheep Thrills" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek Trailhead on the Seward Highway. We will proceed
via bushwack and scramble to Sheep Thrills Ridge to explore. The primary objective will be to find good locations for EPIC engagement photos. 

04/24/2014 – Lazo Negro Mesa

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Lazo Negro Mesa" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area (on left just after Beluga Point) on the Seward Highway. We will crank up to the Turnagain Arm Trail which we will follow for a piece and then take a steep and rocky route leading to Black Mesa. From there we will loop back to the motor cars via bushwacking and trails.

04/03/2014 – Bird Flew

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Rob DeVelice will lead "Bird Flew" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 pm in the Bird Ridge mega parking lot (not the small lot). We will start on the Bird Ridge Trail  but will quickly diverge to hidden paths leading to Bird Creek Falls. From there our route will proceed to and up a steep, scrambly, and possibly icy climb to Bird Ridge where we will descend via the main trail. This is a monumental classic.

03/20/2014 – NS ridgeline

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Jesse Gobeli will lead "NS ridgeline" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the main trailhead at the end of Boretide road in Indian.   We will take the Powerline Pass trail for approximately 2 miles whereupon we will bushwhack uphill and due west as we explore the toe of the ridge that eventually becomes North Suicide Peak.