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.
E. Marquez will lead "O'Malley Peak" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Glen Alps parking area. We will head up to the Ballfield and
then go up to O’Malley ridge and head to the summit. We will come down towards
Hidden Lake.
E. Marquez will lead "Tire Iron" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps trailhead. W.e will take the trail up Nintendo
Hill to the Ballfield. We will ascend the standard gully to O’Malley ridge, ascend
to the peak, and return via Hidden Lake.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Ship Creek Pass" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps Trailhead. We will follow trails to the Ship
Creek Valley and overlook beneath the Wedge. We will tour the valley and
return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bark at the Moon" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Glen Alps Trailhead. We will take the Middle Fork
Trail until we find a place to ascend and scramble to the Ballfield. We will return to the Middle Fork Trail completing a figure 9 route.
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.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Solstice mega run" with a duration of 6 or more hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Solstice mega run planned for June 22-23; class 3; up to 90 miles; if interested call or email Rob DeVelice for details (contact information below).
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Flattop Figure 8" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Anne Ver Hoef; Flattop Figure 8; class 2; 2.5 hours; meet at 6:15 pm (for carpooling) at the curve where Upper DeArmoun goes to the right onto Canyon Road OR at Rabbit Lake trailhead at 6:30 pm; we will take the trail up the south side of Flattop, across the ridges over Peak Two, down the north side to the Powerline Trail, go along the Powerline for a little ways, and back up to the ridge and low spot between Flatop and Peak Two, and will finally descend the trail back to Rabbit Lake Trailhead; route includes some off trail sections through low brush and rocks.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Knoya-Kanchee Loop" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the small parking area at the junction of Basher Drive and Kalmia Court high in the Stuckagain Heights area. For a map, look at the inset for map 7 in the ACS Yellow Pages.
The route will go over the summits of the Dome, Knoya Peak, Kanchee Peak, and many other unnamed peaks.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Rainbow Peak Adventure" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at Telephone Pole Rock on the Seward Highway. Heading towards Girdwood, the parking area is on the left just after you pass Beluga Point.
This will be an out and back adventure with the middle third involving rock scrambling and traversing some steep snow slopes. Go out as far as you have time for or feel comfortable with.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Storming the Heights" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the McHugh Parking Area on the New Seward Highway between Anchorage and Bird.
We will ascend to McHugh Saddle, do a circuit of Potter Heights, and return to McHugh. There will be lots of steep terrain (including snow and ice).