Join us this Wednesday for a fast and fun meet at Earthquake Park. This venue is an orienteering playground with all the features you could want (hills, spurs, ponds, saddles, depressions, reentrants) but at much smaller scale than our other maps.
This is the first event in the 2025 Alaska Orienteering Festival.
The main event is a remote mass start at 6pm with the option of either a short or long course. Show up at 5:30pm to check-in. The map is 1:4000 scale with 1.25m contours.
There will also be a 1.2km White Course with 11 controls that has one loop and is suitable for beginners. White course can start anytime 5pm – 6:30pm.
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Example of Loops on a Course 2.6km Short Course with 16 controls that has three loops ABC. Everyone will visit every loop but maybe in a different order. Some people will get a map with ABC loops, others with BCA loops, etc. There are six variations of this map that will be spread out randomly among the participants. Participants will all start at the same time and immediately split off into loops. Be sure to punch the clear control sometime before the start time. The maps are clearly labeled control 1, 2, … all the way through 13 and then back to the finish control. One control is visited multiple times between loops.
- 4.1km Long Course with 25 controls that has four loops ABCD. Everyone will visit every loop but maybe in a different order. Some people will get a map with ABCD loops, others with ABDC loops, etc. There are up to twenty four variations of this map that will be spread out randomly among the participants. Participants will all start at the same time and immediately split off into loops. Be sure to punch the clear control sometime before the start time. The maps are clearly labeled control 1, 2, … all the way through 25 and then back to the finish control. One controls are visited multiple times between loops.
After the event, join fellow orienteers at the nearby Rustic Goat to compare routes and enjoy a tasty libation.