Jesse Gobeli will lead "Unnamed - Variation 2" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead parking area. We will take a route that follows the main creek until the brush becomes impenetrable. Then we will head uphill through hemlock and spruce forest, connect with the Unnamed ridge, and head back down for a loop route. Traction devices may be necessary.
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).
E. Marquez will lead "Rough on the Edges" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Prospect Heights trail-head. W will take the main
trail towards Wolverine Peak before turning off towards Rusty Point
where we will bushwhack down the hill back to the Middle Fork Trail.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Figure 41" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the North Bivouac trailhead in Far North Bicentennial Park. We’ll run the Tank Trail and take the connector to the Basher Rd trailhead. From there we’ll do a loop on the Wolverine Bowl trail and/or other trails before returning via Basher Rd or the Tank Trail.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Between a Rock and a Cold Place" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 at the Glen Alps parking lot. We’ll head toward powerline pass and explore the lower (western) section of the Wedge, approaching from the southwest. Return will be the reverse route or via the Ship Pass side. Snowshoes may be helpful.
Lee Helzer will lead "Epic Killer Death Run" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in East Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Hillside parking lot where we will carpool to Glen Alps
parking lot and sled and or run our way back down to Hillside via the Killer Death
Run (a little of the Power line, Gas line, and may be some ski trails.
Bring a sled and warm gloves to help steer. Long plastic sleds work best.
E. Marquez will lead "Solstice Celebration" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Rendezvous at 6:30 PM at the Prospect Heights Trailhead. We will take the Powerline Trail past Glen Alps to the Middle Fork Trail and up to the Ballfield and return.
Rob DeVelice will lead "More Hills to Climb" with a duration of 1 hour somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the parking lot of the Kincaid Chalet. We will do a fun, hilly circuit mostly on single track trails with just a taste of bushwacking.
Afterwards, in celebration of 13 years of Epics, we will retreat to a dining establishment chosen by participants.
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.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Thanksgiving Daytime Epic" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Eklutna.
Rendezvous in the coffee shop area at Carrs in the Northway Mall at noon (note earlier time then usual). We will car pool to the start along the Eklutna Lake Road. Our destination will be the summit of Mount POW/MIA. This will be a daytime version of the 11/14/13 Epic.
Mike Monterusso will lead "Sedixo nori" with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at Prospect Heights at 6:30pm. We’ll take the trail to Middle Fork toward Glen Alps. We’ll bushwhack up the west side of Rusty Point, move a short distance along the ridge, then descend back down the southwest side to the Middle Fork trail. We’ll then return the way we came to complete the “figure balloon” pattern.
Lee Helzer will lead "You Are Not Forgotten" with a duration of 3 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. Please allow extra time for traffic delays.