Mike Robinson Date: Wednesday, August 21st Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm starts; must be done by 8:00pm Location: Earthquake Park. 5101 Point Woronzof Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502 The 2024 Arctic Orienteering Sprint Series kicks off on Wednesday evening at Earthquake Park! In sprint orienteering, the courses are shorter and the navigation is easier than traditional orienteering. The … Read more
Date: Wednesday, August 7 Time: 9:30am to 6:00pm starts; course closes at 7pm Location: Bartlett High School 1101 Golden Bear Dr Anchorage, AK 99504 The High School-O is on for tomorrow! This is a fun event where the club hosts area high school teams for a fast and fun 1-hour score-o. There are 25 controls … Read more
All of the larger camping locations at lower elevation were taken, so our choices for a group spot were limited. The good news is there was a nice area up high where we parked our trailer. It’s a large gravel overlook, and there’s no guarantee that people won’t join us today or tomorrow, but it … Read more
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. The bug pressure is low and the weather forecast is good! The main event … Read more
The UAA Relay O is happening this Wednesday, July 24th! Start Location: UAA Sports Center NW Lot Time: Show up by 5:30pm to register and find a teammate. Mass start at 6pm. Format: Come with a team or find a teammate at registration. Team members will trade off going out on the course. The event … Read more
Registration is now available for the 2024 Orienteering Festival. Join the Arctic Orienteering Club for two days and one night of fun, quality orienteering in Alaska on August 3 & 4th. We will be premiering new maps in new venues as well as hosting a grill and potluck at a camping site near the race … Read more
Training event at Mile 1.1 Campbell Airstrip Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/M9dthQQb8NGuopqs7 Come out to learn and practice new techniques and build confidence to slash minutes off your time at the next meet. The 1st session will start at 3:30pm and be for white/yellow level folks. The 2nd session will start at 5:30 and be for all levels. … Read more
The Mountain-O is happening this Saturday, July 13. NOTE: Due to the weather forecast for rain and extremely high winds at upper elevations tomorrow the Mountain-O will NOT be held, Saturday. Instead it’ll be the next day, this Sunday, July 14. Same times: Registration and starts between 10 am and noon, you must finish by … Read more
Head up the Glenn for a traditional meet at Mirror Lake! The advanced courses offer some of the most runnable forest on any of our maps and have several areas with delightfully intricate features. The many trails around the middle school give lots of options for the yellow and white courses as well. We’ll have … Read more
It is with sadness that we share the news that Kathy Faryniarz pasted away unexpectedly earlier this month. Kathy was a long-time orienteer, former board member, and regular meet director with her close friend Joyce Goodell. Kathy loved to travel and went on many adventures with her friends and her husband Mark Selland. We will … Read more