E. Marquez will lead "Monte Caballo Blanco " with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at McHugh Creek parking area. The route will take a mix of trails, bushwhacks, and scrambling to Caballo Blanco summit and return.
Lee Helzer will lead "Service Work" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet in the Rainbow parking lot for a 6:30 departure. We will head up the west ridge of 3805. Handsaws and loppers required.
E. Marquez will lead "Falls Creek Loop" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at Falls Creek trailhead at 6:30 p.m. We will take the Old Johnson trail for a mile, then head uphill to the Indianhouse ridge. We will take the pass down to the headwaters of Falls Creek, and head out the main trail for a loop route.
Lee Helzer will lead "Indianhouse's North East Ridge" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet for a 6:30 departure at the Indian Valley trailhead off Boretide road. We will bushwhack up the north east ridge of Indianhouse Mountain as far as the mountain allows and return.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Bird on a Wire" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bird Creek trailhead at the end of Konikson Rd. We will visit the attractions of the Bird Creek Valley, including the Giant Trees, waterfalls, the 1965 Fastback, and more. Light bushwhacking, creek crossings and swamps are anticipated.
Jesse Gobeli will lead "Unnamed" with a duration of 4 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Rainbow trailhead. We will ascend the unnamed trail through birch and hemlock forests and alder thickets to a high spot on the ridge. The return route will be selected by participants.
Lee Helzer will lead "Snow Thrills" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at Windy Corner for a 6:30 departure. We will take the Turnagain trail for a short bit then bushwhack or posthole our way up Goat Head Couloir. We will either return via the west ridge or the way we came.
https://www.cnfaic.org/observations/goat-head-couloir-mile-107/
Lee Helzer will lead "Rays on Rainbow" with a duration of 3.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area (on the left after Beluga Point) on the Seward Highway. We will head up to the Turnagain Arm Trail and then diverge onto a ridge heading towards the Black Mesa. From there we will asses snow conditions and either continue up the North Face or the south west ridge of Rainbow Peak (hopefully) enjoying a beautiful sunset along the way. Ice axe and micro spikes recommended.
From the summit we will take the standard route back to the Turnagain Arm Trail and return to the cars. There are out and back opportunities for those not desiring partaking in the full enchilada.
Rob DeVelice will lead "2 Below" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the parking area nearest to MP111 of the Seward Highway for a chill off trail out-and-back upslope (out) and downslope (back).
Rob DeVelice will lead "Ferns in the Snow" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Rendezvous at 6:30 pm in the Telephone Pole Rock parking area. We will proceed upslope to visit a population of licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) at the northern limit of the species. For cool information on licorice fern go to:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55104-Polypodium-glycyrrhiza
The photo below was taken by RLD on January 13, 2021.
Lee Helzer will lead "Indian Valley Exploration" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet for a 6:30 departure at the Indian Valley trailhead off Boretide road. We will head up the Powerline trail toward some dense forest to explore. Snowshoes would be advisable. We will return via the Indian Valley trail.
E. Marquez will lead "Sweat Lodge " with a duration of 2.5 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Falls Creek trailhead. We will follow the old Johnson trail for a ways, then head uphill towards Indianhouse until we intersect with the standard trail. We will descend back to the Johnson trail for a figure 9 route.