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
It was a great day out at Bartlett for the 2021 High School-O. Runners tested their navigation skills traveling the Bartlett trails with maps. Runners had one hour to find as many controls as possible. Gary Snyder created a great map with just enough challenge. We saw lots of excited kids, working hard and having … Read more
Kincaid Sprint O July 28, 2021 Kincaid Park Stadium Congratulations to all the participants who came out for the Sprints at Kincaid park. It was not as sunny as I had wanted but I hope the views were good just the same. The fastest time of the day on the Long course was Allan Spangler … Read more
Ruth Arcane Sprint Orienteering Meet, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 About 60 racers braved heavy rain to participate in this year’s first of four qualifying events for the Arctic Orienteering Club’s sprint orienteering trophy. Jen Jolliff and Allan Spangler won their respective long courses leading the pack for next week’s event at Kincaid Park. Short course … Read more
7/14/2021 104 people enjoyed a warm evening of mostly bug free orienteering in search of downfall-free terrain. Success in finding easy running was short lived by those who left the trails as they soon realized that the chest high grass was hiding yet another log just waiting to put a hiccup in their stride. Thank … Read more