Kudos to all of the festival meet directors, organizers, and volunteers! As VP of Events I’ve had a few people ask me about the summer schedule and its logic. While there’s no formal pattern for meets, in recent memory we have generally held the traditional meets early in the year while the brush is low … 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
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
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
Location: Traditional meet at Abbott Loop Community Park Date: Wednesday, June 17th Time: Starts from 5-7 pm. Please finish by 9 pm at at the latest. Join us for the last traditional orienteering meet of the season on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at Abbott Loop Community Park, 8101 Elmore Rd. The start and finish will … 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
Traditional meet at Upper Huffman Trailhead, Chugach State Park Wednesday, June 3 Starts 5-7 pm, finish by 9pm Temperatures are looking up and buds are poised to open, but vegetation remains low and visibility high in this challenging foothills terrain. Continuing snowmelt from higher elevations means many trails on this course will still be very … Read more
The moose and the vegetation are just starting to pop at Kincaid Park, but we are optimistic that we will squeeze in this traditional meet before it becomes too daunting to venture off-trail. The start/finish area will be near the chalet parking lot, specifically the small parking area south of the Wax Bunker. See map … Read more
Come join us for a traditional meet at Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 2.2 Bivouac Trailhead on Wednesday, May 20th. Starts will be from 5-7pm for the following courses: White – 1.3km – 6 controls Yellow – 2.0km – 8 controls Orange – 3.2km – 12 controls Green – 4.6km – 14 controls Red – … Read more