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.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Warren Zoff" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Point Woronzof parking area. We will be doing a mellow figure eight circuit on beaches and the Coastal Trail.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Tweety Bird" with a duration of 1.5 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 head out the Penguin Creek Trail on the approach to Nest and Bird peaks for about an hour and return. Be prepared for the presence of brown and black bears.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Common Run" with a duration of 1.5 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Point Woronzof parking area. We will take a casual jaunt on
beaches and trails both obscure and obvious.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Killer" with a duration of 3 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Upper Indian Creek trailhead at the end of Ocean View Road in Indian. We will head up the Powerline Trail to adrunage below Homicide Peak, ascend the peak via bushwack and scramble, and return.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Black Mesa" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Beluga Point parking area on the Seward Highway. V/e will proceed upslope from Bermuda Triangle with minimal use of trails in route to and from the Black Mesa. Expect moderate bushwacking and some rock scrambling.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge 49" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. This will be a hike (not a run). Me will seek and identiff 49 species of plant and note the phenological state of each (germinating, vegetative, flowering, fi:uiting, senescent). The Falls Creek area is
immensely beautiful and includes verdant forests, species rich
shrublands, and a lively stream.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Outta Sight" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the McHugh parking lot (outside the gate) on the
Seward Highway. We will begin on the Turnagain Arm and McHugh Lake trails but will soon proceed to the rocky ridge below McHugh Saddle via bushwack and scramble. A goal will be to minimize encounters with snow in a roughly loop route.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Flight of the Raven" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in Turnagain Arm.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Bird Ridge parking area on the Seward
Highway or, if you want to car pool, at the weigh station just after
Potter Marsh at 6:15 pm. We will immediately head up slope through
the forest, brush, grass, rocks, and snow to a high point from which
we jump over the Bird Ridge Trail and dive down towards Bird
Creek. This will be an energetic loop involving minimal use of
maintained trails.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Being Cool" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Jodhpur parking lot in Kincaid Park. We will drop down to
the beach from the sand dune and will follow the beach a ways before ascending to
the ridge fail to ultimately complete a loop.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Beachcombing" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in West Anchorage.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the parking area at Point Woronzof off Northern Lights Boulevard. V/e will proceed immediately down onto the frozen beaches of Cook Inlet. As envisioned, the route will be a rambling out and back among blocks of pan ice and snow covered mudflats.
Rob DeVelice will lead "Nearer to God" with a duration of 2 hours somewwhere in The Chugach Front Range.
Meet at 6:30 pm in the Glen Alps parking area on the Anchorage Hillside. There may be two versions of the route depending on the desires of the participants. One version involves climbing a selection of steep snow slopes using crampons and ice axes (not dog friendly). The other version will avoid the need for ice axes (dog friendly).
This Epic will be in celebration of my nephew, Finn Ward, who recently passed from this life. Finn was an adventurous spirit who lived life to the fullest and loved the great outdoors and sharing it with his friends.