E. Marquez will lead "Potter Overlook" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Weigh Station on the Seward Highway just south of Potter Marsh. We will diverge from the Turnagain Arm trail after a mile or so and head straight up to Potter Overlook. We will return via a different route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Caballo Blanco" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the gravel parking area just past McHugh Creek. We will follow game trails as we ascend and eventually top out on Caballo Blanco. We will return by the scree field to the main trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Knee Deep" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the small trailhead at the end of Basher Road. We will head up the trail to Near Point. Then we will plunge down into No Man’s Land and bushwhack over to the main Wolverine trail. Then we will take the Lost Cabin trail back to the Basher trailhead. From there we will run back to the start.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird Creek 20K" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
It is time for the Annual Bird Creek 20K! Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Road. Participants will be delighted by cold temperatures and pillowy snow as we work our way over the gently rolling terrain past the ford site and back. An excellent postholing workout! The first six finishers will receive a prize.
Lee Helzer will lead "Epic Sunsets" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet in the lower lot at the Mchugh trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We’ll post-hole our way up to point 2838 enjoying an epic sunset all along the way.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rough on the Edges" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the trail towards Wolverine, then plunge into the valley and directly to the Middle Fork trail.
Lee Helzer will lead "Hillside Trails Ramble" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Upper Huffman Trailhead (at the end of Sultana Rd.) for a 6:30 departure. We’ll ramble around the Hillside trails and try to find our way to the proposed Campbell Gorge Trail to link up to the Middle Fork trail then return via a combination of the Powerline and Gasline trails.
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/plans/chugach/trailpln/csptrail_complete.pdf
E. Marquez will lead "Dance of the Troglodytes" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights Trailhead on the Anchorage Hillside. We will head up to the granite erratic on the Wolverine Peak Trail. From there we will take the “No Mans Land” route towards Near Point to the ridge where we will proceed towards Wolverine Peak. We will descend on the main trail without going to the Wolverine Peak summit.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Chilling-Out" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Raspberry Parking Lot of Kincaid Park. We will take a loop route on single track trails that will include a loop of Little Campbell Lake.
Lee Helzer will lead "Land of the Giants" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Bird Valley Trail-head at the end of Konikson Rd. for a 6:30 departure. We’ll wonder through a grove of massive cottonwoods on our way to Bird creek. We’ll follow the creek north for a ways and return roughly via the standard trail.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Beach Party" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Point Woronzof at the small parking area adjacent to the wastewater treatment plant. This distance run will involve an amalgam of single and multi track trails, eventually reaching the bluffs at Kincaid. Our beach return route will have us dodging ice formations and battling icy headwinds all the way home.
E. Marquez will lead "Nothing Dramatic" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet for a 6:30 departure from the Hillside trail head where we will sample a variety of the Hillside’s classic trails.