Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Chugach State Park, Upper O’Malley Trailhead Beautiful and warm summer conditions and challenging running faced the ninety-eight runners that came out for Trond’s orienteering meet on Wednesday evening. The meet accessed the Chugach State Park trails and terrain from the Upper O’Malley Trailhead with the new Hemlock Knob orienteering map. Jen … Read more
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Far North Bicentennial Park It was a dry evening at Far North Bicentennial Park for the Arctic Orienteering Club race Wednesday. Surprisingly there were no reported run ins with ornery moose or bears. 82 Orienteers competed. Toby Schwörer and Jen Jolliff won the men’s and women’s red courses. Earlier Toby won … Read more
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Earthquake Park Approximately 100 people enjoyed an evening of fun and competitive orienteering at Earthquake Park in Anchorage. While the sun gave way to blustery conditions, the competitors stayed warm on course navigating the undulating terrain at the park. Thanks to Regan Sarwas for assisting with this meet, creating the maps, … Read more
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Long Lake Trailhead, Matanuska Lake State Recreation Area 46 people came out to the Mat Su Greenbelt’s Long Lake Trailhead, to combine for 34 starts in an early season training meet. The weather stayed good, thorny bushes were there (but not everywhere), and orienteers enjoyed being back on a map (Crevasse … Read more
Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Trailside Elementary School FNBP Over seventy people came out to enjoy blue skys, beautiful woods, and an afternoon of orienteering on the southside of Far North Bicenntenial Park. Long courses and rough terrain on the more advance courses made it difficult for some to finish within the mandatory deadline. Teamwork was … Read more
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Earthquake Park Approximately 70 people enjoyed a sunny evening of fun and competitive orienteering in Earthquake Park. There were three maps, a white a orange and a red that could be combined in a variety of combinations to create 4 results categories. White, Orange, Green and Red. A bonus of minus … Read more
Thirty intrepid souls braved rain and wind to participate in the first-ever Capture-the-Flag-O, held Wednesday evening at Kincaid. Participants included a few seasoned orienteers, some newbies, and most of Boy Scout Troop 129. Fun was had on each of three different “courses”, an easier open-field course called “Old Glory”, a wooded, but runnable, “Betsy Ross” … Read more
Saturday, August 11, 2018 Held on Eklutna, Inc. and Anchorage Parks land adjacent to Mirror Lake Middle School Orienteers on the advanced courses were challenged by the subtle topography in the forest between Mirror Lake Middle School and Knik Arm. Ian Moore and Jen Joliff won the long advanced course for men and women. Steve … Read more
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Kincaid Park Eight High School teams vied with community members to find as many controls (flags) as they could in 1 hour. Grace Christian School came up with the top team average, for the schools. Navigating their way to 2nd place was the team from Dimond. The coaches from East were … Read more
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Bartlett Trails This week’s orienteering race featured two sprint courses on the Bartlett Trails map. Competitors were challenged by the intricate terrain and dense trail system, but enjoyed a pleasant evening without rain. Cory Smith posted the fastest time on both sprint courses, although Toby Schwoerer gave him a run for … Read more