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01/01/2015 – Point 3655

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Jesse Gobeli will lead "Point 3655" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Bird Creek parking area off of Konikson Road.  (Note earlier time than usual).   This is a new Epic route to bring in the new year.   We will head out on the main trail, and explore a new route to the top of the ridge on the north side of Penguin Creek valley.  This route will have a little of everything: dark spruce forest and alder bushwhacking, challenging route-finding, and icy ridge scrambling. Bring ice axe and microspikes.

11/20/2014 – You Are Not Forgotten

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Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eklutna.

Meet at 6:30pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road.  Due to limited space we will carpool to 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.  Please allow extra time for traffic delays.

09/18/2014 – Fall Couloir Tour

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Mike Monterusso will lead "Fall Couloir Tour" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 at the upper Glen Alps parking lot.  We’ll proceed down the Powerline trail and head toward ship pass.  We’ll divert off the trail and head up toward Little O’Malley where we’ll gain access to the ballfield through one of the small saddles.  We’ll return via the “standard” trail bypassing “Nintendo hill”.

07/24/2014 – McRabbit Sampler

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E. Marquez will lead "McRabbit Sampler" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:15 pm at the intersection of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon Roads. We will carpool to the trailhead. The route will follow Rabbit Lake Trail for a bit, plunge down to cross Rabbit Creek, and ascend McHugh Peak. From there we will proceed to mysterious realms.

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.

07/03/2014 – McNasty Blast

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Mike Monterusso will lead "McNasty Blast" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 at the lower level of the McHugh Trail Head parking lot.  We’ll take the McHugh trail back about 3 miles and look to gain access to the McHugh ridge line.  From there we’ll follow the ridge line back to the west, descend the “usual” scree field, and return via the main trail.

06/05/2014 – Rusty Nailed

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Mike Monterusso will lead "Rusty Nailed" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.

Meet at 6:30 the Basher Rd trailhead.  We’ll head up the main trail toward Wolverine, but diverge up and over Rusty Point, then “downwhack” the west side of Rusty and connect with the Middle Fork Trail.  We’ll take the Wolverine Bowl back to the Basher trailhead.  Various forms of technology will be utilized in an effort to find the path of least resistance and minimize bushwhacking. (Note that the image is an approximate route)

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.

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.