Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge 49" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. This will be a hike (not a run). Me will seek and identiff 49 species of plant and note the phenological state of each (germinating, vegetative, flowering, fi:uiting, senescent). The Falls Creek area is
immensely beautiful and includes verdant forests, species rich
shrublands, and a lively stream.
E. Marquez will lead "Different Rainbow" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Rainbow trailhead on the Seward Highway. We will head up the standard route, traverse across the flank of Rainbow, and return by a route to be determined. Some bushwhacking and route finding will be involved.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Partial Spectrum" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm outside the gate in the McHugh parking area on the Seward Highway. Me will take the main trail and head partway up toward Rainbow Peak, then either return by the same route, or bushwhack back down to the trail in a figure nine.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Unnamed" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at6:30 pm at the Rainbow trailhead on the Seward Highway. We will ascend an unnamed ridge to a suitable turnaround point. There will be some bushwhacking and route finding involved.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Outta Sight" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the McHugh parking lot (outside the gate) on the
Seward Highway. We will begin on the Turnagain Arm and McHugh Lake trails but will soon proceed to the rocky ridge below McHugh Saddle via bushwack and scramble. A goal will be to minimize encounters with snow in a roughly loop route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Flight of the Raven" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Bird Ridge parking area on the Seward
Highway or, if you want to car pool, at the weigh station just after
Potter Marsh at 6:15 pm. We will immediately head up slope through
the forest, brush, grass, rocks, and snow to a high point from which
we jump over the Bird Ridge Trail and dive down towards Bird
Creek. This will be an energetic loop involving minimal use of
maintained trails.
E. Marquez will lead "Mountain Air" 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. V/e
will take the old Turnagain Arm trail for approximately 1/2 mile before
heading uphill towards the ridge. We will ietutn by the same route. There
will be some bushwhacking and route finding involved.
E. Marquez will lead "Bonus Footage" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway (on the left about one mile after Windy Corner heading towards Indian). We will head up the standard trail for about an hour before turning around.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Genetic Anomaly" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the McHugh Creek parking area on the Seward
Highway. We will proceed up to the ridge and down via trail,
bushwack, and scramble in a potentially helical route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Rainbow Approach" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area (on the left
just after Beluga Point on the Seward Highway heading towards
Girdwood). This will be an out and back. We begin by heading up to the
Turnagain Arm Trail. We will then proceed towards Rainbow Valley
until arriving at an obscure ridge heading towards the “Black Mesa”.
‘We will ascend that ridge to a presently undetermined turn around point.
E. Marquez will lead "Mad Potter" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the parking area at the intersection of the Seward
Highway and Potter Valley Road. We will follow the Turnagain Arm
Trail for approximately 1/2, mile, then head uphill towards the ridge, with
a goal of returning via Potter Valley Road from above.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Most Excellent!" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the parking area outside the gate of the McHugh Picnic
Area on the Seward Highway. V/e will take a figure eight route to McHugh
Saddle. There will be a mix of trails, bushwhacks, and ridgeline scrambles.