UPDATE: this course will remain up through Thanksgiving weekend! Instead of doing a snow dance today, head over to Ruth Arcand Park and practice your map reading skills! There is a training course now set at Ruth Arcand. This is set as sprint training. Look for small, not standard, control flags. The control features are … Read more
The Orienteering Club thanks the following shops for donating door prizes for our Annual Meeting Alaska Mountaineering & Hiking Great Harvest Bread Company Skinny Raven The Sports Shop These stores are awesome. Please show your support for those that support orienteering in Alaska! Individual donations: Healthy Futures – enabling children to orienteer for free BP … Read more
Please come have some pizza, talk Orienteering, and elect next year’s Board. See the agenda for more details.
Listen to club board member Jen Jolliff discuss orienteering with Charles Wolforth and Roman Dial on the June 5, 2014 episode of Outdoor Explorer.
Arctic Orienteering Club Board Meeting Minutes by Joyce Goodell April 16th, 2014 Before meeting was called to order, Dan and Ann gave a short overview of their recent travel to Portugal and Spain for international orienteering meets. They also let us know of upcoming meets in Tasmania in Jan 2015 for the Oceania Championships, which … Read more
Here is what our shirts will look like, modeled by Dan Billman and produced by the company O21e. I will try to change the color of the bottom margin of Chugach Mountains to either straight gold like the stars, or gold fading down to orange. But what you see is very close to what you’ll … Read more
Special Event 6pm Thursday, March 27th at Earthquake Park Thursday is the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the second largest ever recorded in the world. In west Anchorage a major earth slump during the earthquake created what is now known as Earthquake Park. Last summer the orienteering club created a brand new map … Read more
Controls for a 4km Snow-O (ski or snowshoe) are available in the NE corner of Far North Bicentennial Park. The best access is via Klutina Drive or Tikishla St. in east Anchorage (near Tudor & Muldoon). The controls will stay up until March 14th. This is NOT a club event. This is an individual training … Read more
Thanks to Healthy Futures kids under 18 orienteer for free for the entire 2014 Orienteering season. What is orienteering? It’s a cool outdoor sport which takes treasure hunting to a new level. Participants use a map and compass to find their way around a local trail system.
The 2014 Orienteering season begins March 5th with the first of three Ski-Os. Check the events page for more details. Please note that due to the volunteer nature of the club, last minute changes may still happen, so be sure and check the web site before heading out to a meet, or sign up for … Read more