This week we’re heading to Service High School for another sprint meet! Sprints are a great chance to bring a friend who hasn’t tried orienteering before. They’re shorter, quicker, and a little less intimidating than a longer meet, so if you have a friend who you’ve been trying to drag to a meet for weeks … Read more
The first sprint since the festival will be this Wednesday, read on: Join us on Wednesday, August 26th, for an evening of sprint orienteering starting on the east end of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus! The fast-paced urban course will put your quick navigation skills to the test. Parking is at the Art Building … Read more
It’s back to school with a Score-O for the whole family! You’ll have the choice to do one of two maps – Elementary School will focus on the Roger’s Park neighborhood or choose to go to High school with a larger map with more controls further afield. We will do a mass start at 6pm, … Read more
Are you smarter and/or faster than a high schooler? Come to Bartlett HS on Wednesday, August 5th and see how you stack up against XC runners from around the district on a Score-O course. Club members are invited to a mass start at 6:00 pm near the BHS track. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to … Read more
On Wednesday, 7/29, we will have our annual Bike-O at Kincaid, with the registration & start at the northeast corner of the stadium. As with Bike-O’s the last couple of years, this event will be using the more official bike orienteering map, showing the Kincaid trails as “paths” and “tracks”, with both types designated as … Read more
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