The Arctic Orienteering Club hosted its first meet of the summer at Ruth Arcand! Dozens of brave souls came out for the Slush-O, which turned out to be a Slush-No with mostly dry conditions and an appearance from the sun! This was a score-o with 25 controls scattered across the park and a maximum of 590 … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club hosted its third and final ski-O this year at Kincaid Park on Sunday March 29, hosted by Gary and David Snyder. The long course was 13 controls and 5.8 km and the short course was 9 controls and 3.2 km. It was perfect ski-O conditions with blue skies, no wind, and … Read more
The second ski-o of the series had a delayed start due to the recent cold snap but orienteers were rewarded with above zero temps that continued to rise, fast ski trails, and wicked bright skies. Just over 40 people went out on courses that gave permission to travel either direction on one-way trails and encouraged … Read more
About 50 orienteers came out to the first event of 2026, and the first of three Ski-Os. The weather was a bit breezy but nice and the trails a bit icy, but navigable. Scott Patterson won the Long Course for the men and Julia Ditto for the women. Team Awesome brought home the prize for … Read more
Thanks to everyone who came out to help or participate in the Halloween O! Everyone was really talking it up with there friends as the turnout was much higher than expected with lots of new faces. We were likely aided by perfect weather. Everyone on the treat course had a great time getting spooked and … Read more
Sorry this took a while to update…. The sprint championships were a great deal of fun. Many thanks to Brian Kirchner for putting it all together. In the men’s championship, Scott Patterson caught Allan Spangler (the starter) and won the overall sprint. He also posted the fastest time. Alex Knapp came in third. Jamie Shearer … Read more
On a lovely fall day at Kincaid, 26 mountain bikers and one runner toured the park looking for controls and wildlife; they were not disappointed on either count. Several encountered a black bear large enough to place high up in a fat bear contest, multiple moose were spotted, and one person was charged by both … Read more
It was a rainy night, but a lot of orienteers young, old, new and seasoned came out to run the courses. Allan Spangler won the day by finishing first in both longer sprints for the men. Jamie Shearer won for the women by winning the College Village Sprint by just enough to edge out Jen … Read more
Three sprint events have now been completed and eighteen orienteers have participated in at least two events to qualify for the pursuit sprint on September 24th at UAA! The current standings are listed below. The time given after each name is the time the orienteer would start, after our current leader in the final sprint, … Read more
More than 60 souls, ranging in age from less than 6 weeks to over 70 years, found their way to the Jodphur trailhead on Wednesday evening to participate in the third meet of the Sprint Series. While nearly all the controls were on dry trails, many near “distinctive, deciduous trees” (a new clue code experience!), … Read more