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
It was a cool, windy, wet and rainy evening up in the mountains, but 36 eager participants showed up for the meet. No wildlife encounters except for a couple moose thankfully, as there was evidence of bear activity in several areas. Thanks to Audrey Guess for helping with course set up-much in the rain, and … Read more
6/30/21 Klutina Drive � Pia North & South Maps About 57 dedicated orienteerers dotted their i’s and crossed their t’s to enjoy an evening of orienteering on JBER land starting from Klutina Drive on the Pia maps. Numerous black bears were sighted on the course without incident, as well as a few moose. An unfortunate … Read more
In Much Ado About Nothing, Leonato states that “A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers”. In that vein, the Mid-Summer Night’s Dream-O was certainly twice a victory. 88 participants participated in the Score-O chasing down controls and Shakespeare quotes, and even one Shakespeare character. Puck, it turns out, was a … Read more