Anne Ver Hoef will lead "A Walk in the Park" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Hillside parking lot along Abbott Road for Anne’s first Epic since the knee injury. We will mostly be hiking the small trails on the Hillside.
The photo below by AVH is of hoodoos in Bryce Canyon NP.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Realms of Mystery and Intrigue" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the Hillside Park parking area on Abbott Road. We will walk, talk, run, and have fun.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Electric Ladyland" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Join Anne Ver Hoef and Rob DeVelice at 6:30 pm at The Alaska Club East (5201 East Tudor Road). Swimming, stationary biking, and conversation are planned. No bushwacking.
E. Marquez will lead "Feeling Good Revisited" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 PM at Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. The basic plan is to head out on a remnant of the Old Johnson Trail then head up via bushwack and scramble to Sweatlodge Ridge and down and back in a loop configuration.
Rob DeVelice will lead "McScrambler" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm outside the gate in the McHugh parking area. We will proceed via trails and bushwacks in search of scrambling opportunities.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Feeling Good" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 PM at the Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. The route will depend on the conditions of the day but will definitely include some steep ups and downs and a serving or two of bushwacking.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Paths Less Travelled" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the parking area on the left immediately after mile post 111 of the Seward Highway. This will be an out and back featuring steep terrain, bushwacking, and scrambling with minimal presence of human made paths.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Monochrome Pass" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm at Goldenview Middle School on Goldenview Drive for carpooling to the start. We will explore miscellaneous slopes and ridges west of Potter Creek Ravine Park.
Traction devices for your shoes STRONGLY encouraged (LOTS of ice).
The photo composite below is from a January 20th field review of the route. On left, heading up. On right, selfie among stately mountain hemlock trees (protection against the ferocious winds).
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Nothing New" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the Rainbow trailhead on Turnagain Arm at 6:30. We will head to mile marker 8, turn uphill, and explore the upper slopes possibly as far as the Unnamed ridge route before looping back to the start.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Jewel in the Rough" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at the telephone pole rock parking area on the mountain side of the highway just south of Beluga Point. We will take the Turnagain Arm trail for a short while before heading uphill and completing a loop route back to the parking area.
Rob DeVelice will lead "McHugh Mixup" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the lower parking lot (outside the gate) at McHugh Creek on the Seward Highway. We will proceed on trails up McHugh Creek, then scramble and bushwack up slopes and ridges towards McHugh Saddle (but not all the way to the saddle), and end by looping back to the start. About 65 percent of the route will be off trail.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Brushing Up" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the “Weeping Wall” parking area (just east of McHugh Creek) on the Seward Highway. We will seek and follow paths of least resistance in potentially a loop configuration below Black Mesa.