Lee Helzer will lead "The Felling Wedge" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
We will depart from the Glen Alps trail head at 6:30 and head up the Powerline trail. We will leave the trail to tag a high point on the nose of the Wedge before the steep rocks and return via a combination of the Hidden Lakes and Powerline trails. Snow shoes recommended.
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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 proceed towards Wolverine, head towards Rusty Point, and then bushwhack towards Middle Fork trail for a Figure 9 route.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Dickey-Bird!" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Bird Creek Trailhead at the end of Konikson Rd at 8:30 a.m. (Note earlier time than usual). We will ascend Dickey Bird peak through a combination of trail, bushwhacking, route-finding, and ridge scrambling. Microspikes recommended.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Christmas Eve Chill Outing" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 9 am (note early time) in the McHugh parking area on the Seward Highway. We will explore networks of human, moose, and vole trails.
Lee Helzer will lead "Heights Hill" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet in the Ray E. Storck Homestead Park off upper Rabbit Creek Road at 6:30. We will explore the grounds and bluff’s via trails, bushwhacking, and short road sections. Dog leashes recommended for road sections.
E. Marquez will lead "Nothing Steep" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 in the Hillside Park parking lot where we will roam from trail head to trail head via utility easements and forgotten trails.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "The Jewel in the Rough" 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 on the Seward Highway. We will follow the Turnagain arm trail for a ways, ascend the mountain to somewhere below the black mesa massif, and then descend by a different route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Thanksgiving Daytime Mixup" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 8:30 am (note morning start time) at McHugh parking area on the Seward Highway. Our route will depend on environmental conditions and participant desires.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Ramblin' Man" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Point Woronzof parking area for a ramble on beaches, bluffs, and backwoods.
Lee Helzer will lead "We Remember" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Eklutna.
Meet at 6:30pm in the parking area at the start of Eklutna Lake road. Due to limited space we will carpool to gravel pullout at about mile 4.5 on Eklutna Lake Road by electric pole 74. We will then hike up the road to electric pole 85 where we will depart the road and head up to the monument, pay homage, and return. Micro-spikes recommended. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.
See 11/20/2014 – You Are Not Forgotten or 11/14/2013 – You Are Not Forgotten for additional info.
Lee Helzer will lead "Peak 1213" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eagle River - South.
Flock together at the South Fork Eagle River Trail head for a 6:30 departure to Peak 1213. From the summit we’ll head south east along the ridge, depart and return to the parking lot via the south fork trail.
E. Marquez will lead "A Little Rusty" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm at Prospect Heights Trailhead. We will begin on the Wolverine Trail, diverge towards Rusty Point, zip over to the Wolverine cairn, and loop back to the start.