Jesse Gobeli will lead "Mile 5 " with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Telephone Pole Rock parking area just past Beluga Point. We will take a tour of the crags and prominences on both sides of the Turnagain Arm trail completing a circle route back to the start.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Fingertip" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. This route will delight the bushwhack enthusiasts. We will ascend through the woods and along Rainbow Creek until we reach the tip of the “Finger”. Expect deep snow, thick devil’s club, steep ravines, numerous downed trees and other miscellaneous obstacles. Depending on the swiftness of our progress, we may continue exploring towards the headwaters of Rainbow Creek 2000 feet above. One highlight of the trip will be a visit to a stately old-growth hemlock forest.
Lee Helzer will lead "Potter Exploration" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the larger pull off parking area off the Seward Highway along Potter Marsh before Potter Valley Road. The pull off is typically used for ice skaters, but not the one off Potter Valley road. We’ll traverse the marsh and then post-hole / bush whack up the hill a ways looking for man-made and game trails. We will return via Potter Creek. Gaiters and micro spikes recommended.
E. Marquez will lead "No Problemo" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will take the main trail for approximately 1 mile, before diverting along the western side of the creek. There will be bushwhacking and deep snow before we rejoin the main trail and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "Near Point Ramble" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the small parking area at the end of Basher Drive bordering the military base for a 6:30 departure. We’ll head up Near Point and return via the same route or a bushwhacked loop.
E. Marquez will lead "Hillside Ramble" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Hillside Trailhead at 6:30 p.m. We will proceed along a route towards N. Bivouac trailhead, then to the Powerline, towards Campbell Creek and return through Prospect Heights.
Joe Nyholm will lead "Ballfield " with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30pm at Glen alps parking lot. We will go towards o’malley and head westward on the middle fork trail and find a way up to the ridge and then proceed to the ball field. Once there we will do a lap or go up the o’malley ridge for a short ways and then return on a more direct route.
Lee Helzer will lead "The Iron Nipple" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - North.
At 6:15, meet in the northeast portion of the Eagle River Wal-Mart parking lot. We will carpool to a very limited parking “trailhead” to access the Iron Nipple on an out and back. This will be a new location with theoretical access researched solely through the ether. If access is an issue we will divert to the Mile Hi trail head.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rusty" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will head to the Middle Fork trail for a bushwhacking ascent of Rusty Point.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Pebbles" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the parking lot of Goldenview Middle School (15800 Goldenview Drive) for car pooling to the start. We will take a mix of Potter Heights trails and open ridges towards McHugh Peak and back.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Highland" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the pullout just before Arctic Valley ski area. We are planning to ascend Mt. Gordon Lyon, descend to the valley below, ascend Highland Mountain, and return via a Figure 9 route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Purification Ceremony" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the last pull out on the right before Indian on the Seward Highway. We will proceed up Sweat Lodge Ridge via trail towards Indianhouse Mountain. High on the ridge we will hang a left and descend cross country to complete a loop.