Announcements

Due to a lack of snow, the Hillside Ski-O scheduled for Sunday Feb, 28th has been cancelled. Sorry.

We wanted to let you know that the Anchorage School District has added another event to the Big “O” orienteering for kids this spring. Besides the May 3rd event at Kincaid for the upper elementary kids, there will be a new May 10th event at Russian Jack for 1st-3rd graders. For information, please read the … Read more

From the Meet Director regarding the upcoming 9/2/15 Earthquake Park Meet: – I am looking for some helpers: — someone to help at the registration table (or a few people to trade shifts) — At our last Earthquake Park meet we had a control taken down, so I’d like someone to make sure they are … Read more

We are sorry to report that we will not be able to hold our upcoming traditional meet on the military land (tank trails) in East Anchorage this Wednesday as planned. We are trying to reschedule and will update the website and facebook as soon as possible.

The Arctic Orienteering Club is having the 2015 annual meeting on Wednesday, August 19th at Goose Lake Park Pavilion. The meeting will begin after the Score-O and refreshments. We hope you can stick around for this short (and fun) meeting (see the agenda for details). Did I mention there would be free Pizza and refreshments?

We are sorry to report that the volunteer meet director has decided to cancel the Mountain-O this year for safety reasons. We hope to see you at the UAA Relay-O on August 5.

 Registration for JBER is closed. If you want to attend this event, you will need a military sponsor to get on base. As a condition of land use, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Eklutna Native Corporation (Mirror Lake) require us to submit participant information to them. Every adult (18 or older) must pre-register 2 days … Read more

Dear Orienteering Friends, Orienteering is one of the best ways to enjoy what Alaska has to offer in the summer and we invite you and your friends to come out and orienteer. How? Bring-a-Buddy – bring your friends to orienteering. The best way to get started with orienteering is to go with a friend. We … Read more

There is a short orienteering score-O out of the Hilltop parking lot set up for training. It will be up until Monday (4/27) evening if anyone wants to get out and get in a little navigation practice before the first meet. It is mostly white and yellow with a couple of orange controls thrown in. … Read more

Would you like to help introduce 30-40 Girl Scouts to orienteering? Their biennial Encampment is coming up Friday and Saturday, June 5 & 6. Arctic Orienteering Club members participated in 2013 and the young girls had a great time. Orienteers will once again help girls learn how to read maps and possibly (depending on age … Read more