Wednesday, May 11, 2022 McHugh Creek Over eighty participants came out to McHugh Creek in Chugach State Park to orienteer in an area that was both spectacular and challenging. Competitors enjoyed incredible views of Turnagain Arm, several wildlife sightings, as well as wild roses and Devil’s Club. This was the Arctic Orienteering Club’s first in-person … Read more
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Earthquake Park The orienteering season began with a bang at Earthquake park. There were over 83 participants in the 5 courses, and several orienteering friends that came by to chat and enjoy the atmosphere. The weather was blustery, but the competition was hot as orienteers adjusted to the new electronic punch … Read more
Fifty orienteers participated in the Winter-O on Sunday. The weather was beautiful, the trails were fast but not dangerous, and Cory Smith had set some excellent courses to ski, bike, run, and walk. The full results are posted below, but notable achievements included Brian Kirrchner completing both the Ski-O and Bike-O course in 1:20:25 to … Read more
43 orienteers braved windy, snowy, rainy conditions, and more than a bit of brush to participate in the first orienteering meet in Bird Valley in decades. The short course proved to be the most popular, but two teams finished the long course, which included long legs and a stream crossing. Thanks to John Wolfe for … Read more
Art’s Equinox-O Orienteering Meet Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at Russian Jack Trails We had a great turnout for out penultimate meet of the season, even more impressive as it was nestled between two early snowstorms. Participants had 45 minutes to find as many controls as possible and return to the finish on time, otherwise risking … Read more
Arctic Orienteering Club celebrated the grand opening of the newly installed Permanent Orienteering Training Course at Ruth Arcand Park on Wednesday night with a gathering of fifty or more orienteers and Boy Scouts. After attending the short ceremony honoring Owen Nordstrom who chose to spend the past year creating this course as a part of … Read more
Forty orienteers braved an evening of sporadic rain showers to compete in the final meet in the sprint series. It was a pursuit race for competitors in the series with start times based on how they did in the previous races. Alan Spangler had the fastest time of the evening on the long course and … Read more
About 50 people came out to enjoy a beautiful, late summer day at Glen Alps for the Mountain Orienteering event on August 21st. Beautiful sunny and warm conditions made for an enjoyable day of orienteering with map and compass for all the participants. Ian Moore won the men’s long (Mountain Goat) coarse in 101 minutes … Read more
UAA Sprint Wednesday, August 17, 2021 UAA Approximately 100 people joined the fun for the UAA Sprint Orienteering event. This is the 3rd in a series of 4 sprint events with the final to be held 8/25/2021 at Earthquake Park. Thanks to UAA for allowing us use of their campus. Thanks to Ellyn Brown for … Read more
Settler’s Bay Coastal Park Exporation-O Meet, Saturday, August 14, 2021 This meet was held in conjunction with Settler’s Bay Coastal Park Exploration Day sponsored by the Great Land Trust and Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation. What started as a rainy morning turned into a beautiful sunny afternoon. Over 50 people got out on the courses … Read more