E. Marquez will lead "Nintendo Hill" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the
Powerline Trail uphill towards Glen Alps. We will then take the Middle
Fork Trail across the creek and climb uphill to the Ballfield. Return will
be via the same route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Hidden Lake" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Glen Alps parking lot. We will proceed down the
Powerline Trail, climb to Hidden Lake, and return.
E. Marquez will lead "Rough on the Edges" with a duration of 2.5 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.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "No Man's Land" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights trail head. We will take the main trail towards
Wolverine Peak before turning off to explore the “No Man’s Land” between
Wolverine Peak and Near Point.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Nothing to Do" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Dome Trailhead (intersection of Basher and Kalmia
drives up the Campbell Airstrip Road). This will be a loop route. We will
head towards the Dome, head up the Campbell Creek drainage, cross the
creek, head up to Near Point, and back down to the trailhead. Traction
devices suggested.
E. Marquez will lead "McHugh Peak Extr aY aganza" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:10 pm (note earlier time than usual) at the Upper D’Armoun /
Canyon Road intersection. From there we will carpool to the Rabbit Creek
trailhead. The route will follow the main trail for about one mile then head
south, cross Rabbit Creek, and go up the slope and ridge to the summit of
McHugh Peak and back. Bring a light.
Rob DeVelice will lead "A Little Rusty" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Prospect Heights parking area on the
Anchorage Hillside. V/e will proceed on our “standard route” towards
Rusty Point until where we usually leave the ascent trail. V/e will
continue further towards the Middle Fork and then navigate obscure
game trails, shrub thickets (some defoliated by insects), and rock
scrambles. From the summit of Rusty we will zip down and across to
the Wolverine trail and loop back to Prospect Heights.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Ptarmigan" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps trailhead on the Anchorage Hillside. We will
follow the Powerline Trail to Ptarmigan Pass, ascend to the peak, and return via
the same route.
E. Marquez will lead "Follow the Rabbit" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:10 pm (note earlier time than usual) at the corner of Upper de
Armoun and Canyon roads. We will follow the trail to Rabbit Lake. We
will traverse north of the lake in search of a route to Powerline Pass. We
will return on the Powerline trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Ninja Ridge" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:10 pm (note earlier time than usual) at the corner of Upper de
Armoun and Canyon roads. We will carpool to the Rabbit Lakes trailhead.
We will follow the trail for 1/2 mile before dropping down to cross Rabbit
Creek and go up Baldy, continuing on to McHugh Peak. We will traverse the
ridge to Rabbit Lake, and return on the main trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Ptarmigan Pass" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Meet at 6:15 p.m. at the corner of upper de Armoun and canyon roads. We
will carpool to the Rabbit lakes trailhead.
We will climb to Flattop and then follow the ridge to ptarmigan pass. We will return by the Rabbit lakes trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Solstice Ramble" with a duration of 5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Prospect Heights parking area on the Anchorage
Hillside. We will take the Middle Fork Trail until we diverge to the summit
Rusty Point. In celebration of the solstice, we will complete the ridge traverse
over Wolverine Peak to the summit of Mount Elliot. We will return by a
circuitous route. There will be turn around options for those not desiring to
do the full route.