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
Meet directors must field check their course while preparing their maps. You are strongly encouraged to report any significant inaccuracies of the maps to the VP of Mapping for revisions as soon as they are discovered. If you can identify simple changes early enough, then it is possible that corrections can be made to the … Read more
If you are a volunteer or meet director for the club, or would like to be one, please join us from 7pm-8:30pm Thursday May 10th at Shelly Law’s new home at 7925 Jodhpur Street. We will have a discussion about how to design fun and interesting orienteering courses. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
First Season Meet! Wed. 9th – you may start anytime between 5:00 and 7:00, but you must finish by 9:00. Courses will be 6km for red and 5km for green. Conditions are increasingly getting wetter with the ground thawing, so expect to get your feet wet. The terrain is slow but orienteering should be fun as we … Read more