Lee Helzer will lead "Snow Turtling" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Prospect Heights Trail head for a 6:30pm departure. We will attempt a loop that may visit, but not disturb the Hillside Snotel site. If we find the site we might snow turtle our way back via a river crossing and the Middle Fork trail. It would probably be wise to pack snow shoes.
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Rob DeVelice will lead "Epic Anniversary Gathering" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Join Rob and Anne in celebrating Epic Anniversary, established December 7, 2000; twenty-two years of running adventures.
Meet at 6:30pm for start time. We will begin and end at Anne’s house: starting out across the bridge over Abbott Road and taking a selection of awesome trails. Rob and Anne will peel off after a section and head back to the house to prepare anniversary snacks and beverages. Let’s celebrate all the memories, adventures, mishaps, thrills and friendships! Address: 5820 Yukon Road. All are welcome to join in after the run, at Anne’s house.
E. Marquez will lead "Thanksgiving Day Epic" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Thanksgiving Day Epic! Meet at 9 a.m. (note early time) at the Hillside trailhead on Abbott Road. We will jog a loop route to the Bivouac and Prospect Heights trailheads and back.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.” W. H. Auden" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the McHugh Creek trailhead at 6:30 p.m. We will proceed on the Homestead trail for a mile or so before heading directly up the south face of the mountain, scrambling alongside cliffs and narrow gullies. Microspikes and ice axe recommended. From the ridge, the return route will be determined by participants.
E. Marquez 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 the Prospect Heights trailhead. We will take the trail towards Wolverine before heading towards the shoulder of Rusty Point, and then down to the Middle Fork trail and back to the start.
E. Marquez will lead "Nintendo Hill" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Prospect Heights trailhead for a 6:30 departure. We will head up the powerline then navigate to the Nintendo Hill sign and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "O'Malley's White Shoulder" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 in the Glen Alps parking lot. We will depart the fall colors as we know them and embark on a winter journey up the brand new trail up Nintendo Hill to the Ball Field. From the head of the Ball Field we’ll venture over O’Malley’s white shoulder and return via the Powerline trail.
E. Marquez will lead "McHugh Peak" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rabbit Creek trailhead. We will take the main trail for a mile and then we will plunge down to the creek, and ascend to McHugh Peak. We will return by a similar route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "A Little Rusty" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the middle fork trail to the bridge, then ascend directly to Rusty Point. We will follow the ridge for a time and then drop back down to the middle fork. We will then meet up with the trail back to the trailhead.
E. Marquez will lead "Ship Lake Pass" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Glen Alps trailhead. We will take the trail towards Hidden Lake and to Ship Lake Pass. We will pass behind the Wedge on sheep trails, drop back down towards Powerline Pass trail and return.
E. Marquez will lead "Rusty Point" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the Prospect Heights trail head for a 6:30 departure. We will head up the Wolverine trail to the large cairn then diverge and head south to Rusty Point for an out and back.
E. Marquez will lead "Rabbit Lake Loop" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rabbit Lake trailhead at the end of Canyon Road. We will run the main trail to Rabbit Lake, circumnavigate the lake and ascend the Pass behind the lake before dropping down to Powerline Pass. We will run the Powerline trail back to Peak 2, and ascend up and over the Pass to the trailhead.