Mike Robinson Festival Photos Abum Despite gray skies, close to fifty competitors navigated their way around the beautiful flower-studded tundra in Hidden Lakes and Powerline Pass valleys Sunday to complete the Short (6.9k), Long (17+k) and Modified Long Mountain Orienteering courses set by Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff. Ian’s new map offered significantly improved contours, vegetation mapping … Read more
See the Chugach Front Range from all new angles as you navigate your way around its spectacular peaks, flowering alpine meadows and troll-sized boulders. Starting from Glen Alps parking lot, a short walk takes you to the enchanting start/finish area for a 10:00-11:00AM interval start on your “Short” or Long Course. This is what Alaska orienteering … Read more
Festival Photos Abum 52 orienteerers (34 individuals and 8 teams) came out for the 2026 Nationally Ranked Event (NRE) at Mirror & Edmonds Lake Park on Saturday. In weather that ranged from overcast to sprinkling to actually raining back to overcast (not only ducks love that weather, but mosquitoes, too!). People finished their courses in … Read more
Come enjoy the beautiful forest running on a newly-expanded Mirror Lake map. Starting at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Singing Hills on the east side of the Glen Highway on Edmonds Lake, this National Ranking Event boasts white, yellow, orange, brown (short green), green, red and blue (long red) courses through open birch forest. Stick around … Read more
Festival Photos Abum A mere second! Festival Sprints decided by a tick of the clock! 64 souls braved the fine sunny, warm evening Thursday to seek orange and white controls amidst the buildings, fences, streams, paths and woods of the west UAA campus. And nearly all were successful, with just two competitors failing to punch … Read more
The first event of the Alaska Orienteering Festival is this Thursday evening (June 25, 2026) in Anchorage. It’s a sprint on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus and surrounding parkland which provides a mix of urban and forrest terrain. There will be a short course and a long course. Think great spectating and exciting competitor … Read more
Register Now This, right here, is the important notice of the week. If you have not yet signed up for the Alaska Orienteering Festival Events, please do it now. Your club membership will get you a spot for free if you preregister using the code: PASS2026. Registering not only drums up excitement and gets you … Read more
The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and 65 determined competitors and teams showed up Wednesday evening to feed the mosquitoes around Campbell Airstrip! A big thank you to all the orienteers who biked their way to the start, helping ease the squeeze on the small parking area at the CAT bridge. On the … Read more
Location: Traditional meet at Campbell Airstrip Road MP 1.1, (CAT Bridge) Far North Bicentennial Park Date: Wednesday, June 10th Time: Starts from 5-7 pm. Please finish by 9 pm. The club is restricted to parking only five cars in the BLM portion of the parking lot. Please carpool or bike to the start if you … Read more
Around 80 orienteers & volunteers came out to enjoy summer weather and take on the challenging courses from Upper Huffman trailhead on Wednesday, June 3rd. Steep slopes, hot yet muddy conditions, and challenging control placement conspired to yield long course times across course difficulty levels despite being of ordinary-length on paper. Right off the bat, … Read more