Regan Sarwas Come to Glen Alps Trailhead Saturday, August 20th to navigate your way through the spectacular Chugach Mountains on one of two courses set by orienteering master, Bill Spencer. The tundra is starting to change colors, the berries are at their peak and the courses will be set mostly above treeline! You won’t want to miss … Read more
Bartlet High School Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Arctic orienteering hosted seven high schools and the community to a trail running/map event called orienteering. Local running teams divided their athletes into small groups that traveled the course, trying to find controls (flags) throughout the trail system. Max score was 780 and several high school teams attained … Read more
University of Alaska, Anchorage Wednesday, August 3, 2022 58 Orienteers came out on a beautiful night. There were no reports of bears or bees. On the 1.8 km short course the team of Marley, Rosie, Liam, and Griffin won with a time of 9:37, ahead of Iona Snyder in 16:50. Brian Kirchener won the 3.6 … Read more
Ruth Arcand Park Wednesday, July 27, 2022 It was a sunny and warm evening for the 40 individuals and 11 teams that went out for a quick run around Ruth Arcand Park. Short legs between the 13 to 20 controls made for quick decision making of route choices. Short course: Ivan Hodes won the men’s … Read more
When? Wednesday, July 13, starts between 5 and 7 pm, finish by 9 pm Where? Trailhead at end of Klutina Drive – street parking only, please carpool What? 5 courses with electronic punching, ranging from beginner to advanced levels, 2 to 6 km long Wear: long pants for intermediate to advanced courses. Bring: bug dope, … Read more
Glen Alps Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Thank you Trond Jensen, Anne Billman and Steve McKeever for putting on a great orienteering event in the Glen Alps area. Nice summer weather and fun, fast courses added to the enjoyment of all the participants. Fifty teams and individuals completed courses ranging from the easiest 1.2 km (6 … Read more
Russian Jack Park Wednesday, May 18, 2022 It was a wonderful summer evening in Russian Jack for the first-ever, one-of-a-kind Sketch-O. About 110 people, mostly in teams, searched the park to find the locations where Max Romey made his sketches.
Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 1.1 Campbell Airstrip Road Wednesday, June 1, 2022 About 90 orienteers showed up on a gloriously warm (and buggy) evening for the Mile 1.1 meet. The electronic punching seems to be a great investment! All controls were retrieved safely. Ian Moore and Lindsey Flagstad won the Red course; Steve Gruhn … Read more
This week’s O will be at Mile 1.1, Campbell Airstrip road. Starts are from 5-7pm, with all participants returning before 9pm. There will be 5 courses: Red (Advanced): 11 controls, 6.6km Green: 9 controls, 5.7km Orange: 10 controls, 5.3km Yellow: 9 controls, 3.2km White (Novice): 7 controls, 1.7km There are many stipulations about using this … Read more
About 90 orienteers came out to enjoy the lovely weather and RUN (or walk) the distance courses. Allan Spangler won the men’s Red course and Lindsey Flagstad won the women’s Red course. Everyone doing a long course got a good workout! Lots of families and teams came out, including Puck and Kate who are to … Read more