Mountain-O Results

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Chugach State Park, Glen Alps Trailhead

35 hearty souls enjoyed a day in the mountains Saturday at the “O” Rally on O’ Malley meet in Chugach Park. Short, Medium, and Long courses took participants up the new trail onto the Ball Field, to Black Lake and beyond to the scree and cliff on the north side of O’Malley Peak and Williwaw Lakes. Steep climbs with lots of vertical were on all menus. Weather was overcast with a brisk wind on the ridge tops. Scott Patterson this year’s Crow Pass Crossing champ cruised the back country as only he can and finished the long course in under 2:30, Ian Moore and Cory Smith also challenged the long adventure terrain, finishing in 2nd and 3rd. Jen Jolliff won the women’s long course and Robin Beebee and Bjorn Sveinbjornsson teamed up to take the team division. Mike Robinson bested the medium course group in just over 3 hours with 2 teams hot on his heals. Most entrants chose the Short version map (still reported to be almost 9 miles as the orienteer rambles). Tamara Kornfield and Regan Sarwas turned their teeth into the wind to take the women’s and men’s division and a hardy team of 7 Hanna-Shearers-Stones found the 5 rock filled controls to take the team division. All found the berries and vistas for which the Chugach front range is famous and returned with tales and experiences to last until next year.