Jesse Gobeli will lead "Not So Near Point" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Basher trailhead on the south side of Campbell airstrip road. We will take the trails to Near Point, then continue on along the ridge to the pass, ascend and traverse the shoulder of Wolverine until we reach the main trail again for our return.
E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Loop" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillside trailhead. We will complete a loop route over to the Muldoon curve and back.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Triangulation" 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 trail towards Middle Fork. Just before the creek we will head uphill skirting the southern edge of the krummholz. Once we are past the trees we will descend to the Middle Fork trail to complete a figure 9 route.
E. Marquez will lead "Thanksgiving Day Epic" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the McHugh Creek trailhead. We will complete an out and back to Potter on the Turnagain Arm trail.
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 turning off at the large boulder and plunging into No Man’s Land. We will head to the pass, and then take the trail back over Near Point for the return.
E. Marquez will lead "Monkeyflower" 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 Middle Fork trail for a mile or more before diverting uphill, taking a circuitous route past the Monkeyflower springs to reach the high point on the west side of the ballfield. We will return across the ballfield by the standard route. Snowshoes might be helpful as we traverse the lower portions of the valley.
Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eklutna.
Our 12th Annual Pow/MIA ascent.
Meet at 6:15pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road. Due to limited space we will carpool to a 4ish car 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 Gold Star Peak then head over to Mount POW/MIA, pay homage, and return. Micro-spikes and ice axe recommended. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.
Previous Years:
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Hairy Potter" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Weigh Station just south of Potter Marsh. We will take the Turnagain Arm trail for about one mile before jumping off and ascending to the hill above Potter. We will make our way back along various game trails. Microspikes and possibly ice axe recommended.
Lee Helzer will lead "McMurdo" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Glen Alps for a 6:30 departure. We will head out to Hidden Lake (AKA McMurdo) to check out the ice and return.
E. Marquez will lead "A little 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 and then the Middle Fork trail. We will detour from the Middle Fork trail directly uphill to the See Me Feel Me boulder, and from there to Rusty Point. We will traverse the ridge to the low saddle, and then divert directly to the Wolverine trail cairn and back to the trailhead.
Lee Helzer will lead "Penguin Valley Exploration" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Bird Valley trailhead at the end of Konikson road for a 6:30 departure. We will follow the Penguin Creek trail to its end. We will continue exploration up valley via heavy bushwhacking for as far as time allows then return beaten up and battered by Mother Nature for attempting something so foolish.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bunny Boots Reverse" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. This route will be the reverse of the March 21st epic “North Side Bunny Boots Repeat” epic. We will jog out the powerline trail to about mile 2.5, then head directly up to the summit of Peak Three.