The 2025 Alaska Orienteering Festival is coming up in just over two weeks (June 25th-July2). This year there are four orienteering events planned: Loop-O at Earthquake Park – Wed June 25 Traditional at Willow Creek – Sat June 28 Mountain-O at Craggie Creek (Hatcher Pass) – Sun June 29 Traditional at Mirror Lake – Wed … Read more
This week’s meet will be a traditional meet with starts from 5pm-7pm at Goose Lake. The UMED area is in great shape, with low vegetation, minimal bugs, and drier than usual conditions. However, Orange, Green, and Red course participants may still get wet feet. The courses include a fair amount of easy running, so don’t … Read more
Join us for a traditional orienteering meet Wednesday, 28 May 2025, at Abbott Loop Community Park, 8101 Elmore Rd. The start and finish will be at the picnic shelter. This area has some nice opportunities for forest navigation. The courses generally avoid the marshy areas, so you should be able to keep your feet dry. … Read more
Orienteering on Wednesday at Prospect Heights! This week’s meet will be near the Prospect Heights trailhead in Chugach State Park. We say “near” because the Prospect Heights parking lot is closed for paving. Orienteers will need to park along Sidorof, Slalom, or Prospect Drive. Please carpool if possible, and limit parking to one side of … Read more
45 people, including a dozen very smart kids, came out to learn new skills and commiserate about wrong turns on a dry and bug free evening. Some went out and taught a friend, others went out by themselves, and quite a few went out in groups with instructors. It was fun to hear some of … Read more
Meet us at Ruth Arcand (at the pavilion near the playground) for focused training to improve your orienteering skills! Training runs 5pm – 8:30pm. Last maps will be handled out at 7:30. Control pickup at 8:30pm For this training there will be multiple short legs of 3 to 4 controls focusing on a specific navigation … Read more
Once again, we kick off our season with a meet at one of our most scenic venues! Come out to the first orienteering meet of the year at McHugh Creek on Wednesday (5/7/25) evening to enjoy the spectacular views and challenging orienteering. Courses will be on the shorter side as it’s the first meet of … Read more
This year there is a new category for traditional season points competition to recognize friends and family that orienteer as teams. Like the individual male and female categories, teams will be awarded points for how well they place on a given course relative to other teams. For this to work, a team must use the … Read more
Join us this Thursday May 1st for the Meet Director Meet-Up to kick off the start of a new season. This event is for veteran meet directors; those who are interested in becoming meet directors; or those who are interested in learning what elements go into designing fun and interesting orienteering courses. We hope to … Read more
Just a quick update as we are getting ready for a new season of orienteering events and a few dates to keep in mind. May 1st at 5:30pm 6:00pm – Meet Director Meet-Up. This event is for the volunteers who design and run our fabulous meets. We are still working on the details, but if … Read more