Rob DeVelice will lead "Buzzard" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Road in Bird. We will proceed on trails along Penguin Creek for a ways and then head strait up the Northwest Ridge of Penguin Peak via forest bushwhack. We may go to the summit of Penguin Peak but will definitely descend the Penguin Peak Trail. Expect a potentially difficult stream crossing, uncertain terrain, and hungry brown bears.
E. Marquez will lead "Nintendo Hill" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at the Prospect Heights trailhead at 6:30 p.m. We will follow the powerline trail past Glen Alps, proceed up Nintendo Hill to the ballfield, and take an alternate route back to the trailhead.
Mike Monterusso will lead "McNasty Blast" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the lower level of the McHugh Trail Head parking lot. We’ll take the McHugh trail back about 3 miles and look to gain access to the McHugh ridge line. From there we’ll follow the ridge line back to the west, descend the “usual” scree field, and return via the main trail.
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.
Know Juan will lead "R & R" with a duration of 0 hours somewwhere in Cancelled.
This week’s Epic is canceled due the repeat of the 2006 Quintessential 90 mile traverse of Chugach State Park.
Lee Helzer will lead "Mount Elliott" with a duration of 4.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Glen Alps parking lot at 6:30pm. We will head up Nintendo Hill, cross the Ball field, skirt around Williwaw Lake, and ascend Mount Elliott. We will return via the Middle Fork Loop Trail.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Rusty Nailed" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 the Basher Rd trailhead. We’ll head up the main trail toward Wolverine, but diverge up and over Rusty Point, then “downwhack” the west side of Rusty and connect with the Middle Fork Trail. We’ll take the Wolverine Bowl back to the Basher trailhead. Various forms of technology will be utilized in an effort to find the path of least resistance and minimize bushwhacking. (Note that the image is an approximate route)
E. Marquez will lead "Black Lung" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Windy Corner trail head on the Seward Highway. We will start on the Turnagain Arm Trail but will soon head up on a steep and sustained bushwack and scramble to Sheep Thrills Ridge. We will then loop back via mixed terrain.
Lee Helzer will lead "Sheep Thrills" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek Trailhead on the Seward Highway. We will proceed
via bushwack and scramble to Sheep Thrills Ridge to explore. The primary objective will be to find good locations for EPIC engagement photos.
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.
Anne Ver Hoef will lead "Flattop Figure 8" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 pm at the intersection of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon Road for carpooling. We will drive up a little higher and take the trail up the backside of Flattop, then cross over Peak 2 and either come down the north or south side of saddle between Peak 2 and 3. If we go down the north side, we will drop down to the Powerline trail, scuttle back toward the trailhead, but then climb back up and over the saddle between Flattop and Peak 2. And, down again for our figure 8.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Rabbit, Run" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:15 at the intersection of Upper DeArmoun and Canyon Roads. We will carpool to the trailhead. We will descend to Rabbit Creek, searching for the elusive creekside trail. Eventually we will head up into the mountainside and complete a loop route.