Location: Long Lake Trailhead in the Matanuska Lake State Rec. Area Date: Wednesday, May 15th Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm starts Long Lake Trailhead in the Matanuska Lakes State recreation area. We have white, yellow, orange and red courses. Directions: Head out the Glenn Highway from Anchorage; after the Glenn and the Parks split, continue … Read more
BEAR MaY Ocho @ Bartlett High School You can start anytime between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm There will be White, Yellow, Orange, and a shared red/green course This area is great fun for running – come join us shine or rain! **A quick heads up that next week’s meet will be in the Matanuska … Read more
Directions: Going North on Bragaw from Nothern Lights, ISER is the first building on the right (east) after E. 20th. The entrance to the parking lot from E. 20th will be locked. To access the parking lot, stay on Bragaw past the light at E. 20th, and take the alley between the first and second … Read more
If you enjoy orienteering at Russian Jack Park, you may be interested the survey below. There’s also a master plan workshop scheduled Weds. Feb. 27, 6-8 pm, at Williwaw Elementary. Anchorage Parks and Recreation is beginning the planning and public involvement process to update the master plan for Russian Jack Springs Park. To ensure that … Read more
Hi Orienteering Friends! In an effort to promote a higher level of navigational skill and fitness in our orienteering juniors, and to bring in potentially enthusiastic and active new youth members, we are hoping to hold a week long orienteering day camp this summer. This survey is intended to gauge interest in such a program … Read more
This year when you file your application for the Permanent Fund Dividend, please consider using Pick. Click. Give. to donate a portion of your dividend to the Arctic Orienteering Club. Your donation helps us with the cost of creating and maintaining high-quality orienteering maps and offsets some of the expenses associated with organizing our events. … Read more
Thirty intrepid souls braved rain and wind to participate in the first-ever Capture-the-Flag-O, held Wednesday evening at Kincaid. Participants included a few seasoned orienteers, some newbies, and most of Boy Scout Troop 129. Fun was had on each of three different “courses”, an easier open-field course called “Old Glory”, a wooded, but runnable, “Betsy Ross” … Read more
Come on out to Mirror Lake, Saturday August 11th, for some super orienteering. Thanks to Anne and Dan Billman for hosting the meet.
This year’s High School Meet will be at Kincaid park, starting in the Jodhpur parking area. Since the idea is to introduce high school runners to the sport, the course is designed for beginners, with most controls on trails or near trails. Teams of runners will be going out in mass throughout the day, for … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club will have the Alaska State Orienteering Championships at the North America Orienteering Championships in Whitehorse, Canada on August 18th and 19th, 2018. There will be 1st through 3rd place medals for Alaskans in each class. The classes are separated into men and women and further divided by age groups (see table). … Read more