E. Marquez will lead "Bunny Boots" with a duration of 2.5 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.
Lee Helzer will lead "Toilsome Rabbit" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Updated 2/18 @ 4:20pm
Meet at 6:30 6:15 at the junction of Upper DeArmoun & Canyon Rd. Anne will catch up with us so we can give our best wishes before her big journey north west. We will carpool to the Rabbit Lake Trail head and start the trudge up the valley towards Rabbit Lake and then follow the McHugh Ridge to the first high point. We will continue on the ridge west and then exit at the base of a saddle. After a short jaunt across the valley we will regain the trail and return.
Spiky-McSpikersons (aka traction devices) and an ice ax are are recommended.
Mike Monterusso will lead "About Face" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the Glen Alps parking lot. We’ll head east on the Powerline and explore the lower part of the Wedge. We may ultimately skirt the Wedge and return via a flagpole route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Monochrome Pass" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm at Goldenview Middle School on Goldenview Drive for carpooling to the start. We will explore miscellaneous slopes and ridges west of Potter Creek Ravine Park.
Traction devices for your shoes STRONGLY encouraged (LOTS of ice).
The photo composite below is from a January 20th field review of the route. On left, heading up. On right, selfie among stately mountain hemlock trees (protection against the ferocious winds).
E. Marquez will lead "Rough on the Edges" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights trail-head. W will take the main
trail towards Wolverine Peak before turning off towards Rusty Point
where we will bushwhack down the hill back to the Middle Fork Trail.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Figure 41" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the North Bivouac trailhead in Far North Bicentennial Park. We’ll run the Tank Trail and take the connector to the Basher Rd trailhead. From there we’ll do a loop on the Wolverine Bowl trail and/or other trails before returning via Basher Rd or the Tank Trail.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Between a Rock and a Cold Place" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the Glen Alps parking lot. We’ll head toward powerline pass and explore the lower (western) section of the Wedge, approaching from the southwest. Return will be the reverse route or via the Ship Pass side. Snowshoes may be helpful.
E. Marquez will lead "Solstice Celebration" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 PM at the Prospect Heights Trailhead. We will take the Powerline Trail past Glen Alps to the Middle Fork Trail and up to the Ballfield and return.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Sedixo nori" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Prospect Heights at 6:30pm. We’ll take the trail to Middle Fork toward Glen Alps. We’ll bushwhack up the west side of Rusty Point, move a short distance along the ridge, then descend back down the southwest side to the Middle Fork trail. We’ll then return the way we came to complete the “figure balloon” pattern.
E. Marquez will lead "In Between" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
We will meet in the Prospect Heights parking lot at 6:30. We will head to the summit of Near Point then descend to the valley between Near Point and Wolverine Peak and find a way back.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Transverse Process" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps parking area. We’ll ascend the Little O’Malley saddle and bushwhack a course roughly parallel to the Middle Fork trail. We’ll cross the Williwaw Lakes trail and consider ascending Rusty Peak, then return via the Middle Fork trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Wabbit Season" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 (note earlier meeting time) at the point where Upper Dearmoun Rd meets Canyon Rd. We will carpool as needed to the end of Canyon Rd. From there we will do a roughly figure nine route toward McHugh peak.