The Orienteering Club has decided to heed the warnings of experts as reported yesterday in the Alaska Dispatch News and cancel the upcoming meet at Far North Bicentennial Park. The safety of our participants is always our first concern. Unfortunately, orienteering meets take a tremendous amount of time to plan and set up, and it will not be … Read more
Wednesday’s meet will start at mile 1.1 of Basher Drive. There will be White (1.7 K), Yellow (2.6 K), Orange (4.2 K), Green (4.7 K) and Red (5.7 K) courses; starts from 5 to 7; finish by 9:00. Our permit requires us to make sure participants are aware of bear and other wildlife issues; please … Read more
For the visual, see this map. If you prefer directions, see the Event details.
This event is canceled because last minute planning on our part led to an underwhelming number of RSVPs. We will figure out if we are going to hold it later in the season or plan some other event. We are having a gathering to show our appreciation for our awesome meet directors and volunteers! Everyone … Read more
Check the list of orienteering training available for 2017. There is something for everyone.
The May 17, 2017 meet scheduled for APU, has been moved to UAA because portions of the ski trails are too muddy to permit an event. The start will be in the “Sports Campus NW Parking Lot,” on Seawolf Drive, just northwest of the Wells Fargo sports center.
Night Score-O type event in downtown Palmer with navigation suitable for beginners and terrain suitable for all speeds and fitness levels. And it’s in the dark! When: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Sign up at 6:30. Start at 7 pm. Duration: Choose 30 minutes or 60 minutes Where: Palmer, start/finish at Downtown Deli, 550 South Alaska … Read more
Dimond HS Ski Team will be hosting an informal 1 hour Ski Score-O for high school skiers not traveling to the Besh Cup Races this weekend. They have invited the public to participate as a training event. The start will be at 12 Noon Saturday (Jan. 21, 2017) at the Raspberry parking lot in Kincaid … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club board is trying to decide what sort of mapping projects to work on in 2017 and would like input from club members and meet participants. Orienteering maps can be expensive to create and maintain. Skilled “mappers” must be brought in to walk the terrain and make significant corrections and additions to … Read more
Junior Nordic is celebrating the end of their first session by having all groups meet at Kincaid Park on Saturday, January 6th and doing a Ski-O course. Junior Nordic will use the course from 10:15-11:30, so you might not want to be out there with 300+ kids, but we will leave the course out for … Read more