We had a good turnout for the Halloween O. It was great to see so many folks roll out in costume. We had over 40 people for the Treat O and over 15 for the Trick O. We largely managed to avoid the rain and had a fabulous evening of spooks and orienteering. Scott Patterson … Read more
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at Russian Jack Springs Park This meet was a regular score-o for thirty minutes, then for the final fifteen competitors the event transformed into a game of cat and mouse. Participants could choose to remove a control and bring it back to the start for bonus points. However, orienteerers could also … Read more
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Over 40 individuals and teams took advantage of the brief break from the rain to duck, dive, turn, slip, and slide their way through Earthquake Park. For the long course, Scott Patterson managed to hold onto his overall sprint series lead after starting only 25 seconds ahead of Ian Moore. However, … Read more
Over two dozen people braved cloudy skies and a long drive on a holiday weekend to visit Settlers Bay Coastal Park. They were rewarded with a day of orienteering, exploring, berry picking, and views of the inlet at this new gem of park in the Mat-Su Valley. Thanks to Mike and Ruth for putting on … Read more
Kincaid Stadium Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Thanks to everyone who came out to sprint about at Kincaid park. After a false start and some confusion the slightly messed up team of Peter Hinds and Kurtis Brumbaugh managed the fastest time for the Long sprint at 26:07 The quickest Single competitor was Dorn Van Dommelen with … Read more
Saturday, August 20, 2022 Chugach State Park, Glen Alps Trailhead 35 hearty souls enjoyed a day in the mountains Saturday at the “O” Rally on O’ Malley meet in Chugach Park. Short, Medium, and Long courses took participants up the new trail onto the Ball Field, to Black Lake and beyond to the scree and … Read more
Bartlet High School Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Arctic orienteering hosted seven high schools and the community to a trail running/map event called orienteering. Local running teams divided their athletes into small groups that traveled the course, trying to find controls (flags) throughout the trail system. Max score was 780 and several high school teams attained … Read more
University of Alaska, Anchorage Wednesday, August 3, 2022 58 Orienteers came out on a beautiful night. There were no reports of bears or bees. On the 1.8 km short course the team of Marley, Rosie, Liam, and Griffin won with a time of 9:37, ahead of Iona Snyder in 16:50. Brian Kirchener won the 3.6 … Read more
Ruth Arcand Park Wednesday, July 27, 2022 It was a sunny and warm evening for the 40 individuals and 11 teams that went out for a quick run around Ruth Arcand Park. Short legs between the 13 to 20 controls made for quick decision making of route choices. Short course: Ivan Hodes won the men’s … Read more
North Bivouac Trailhead Wednesday, July 20, 2022 We had a respite from the rain for a lovely evening of orienteering. We had one brown bear siting near control 8 on the red course. Vegetation was thick this time of year especially on the later legs of the advance courses. Over seventy people went out as … Read more