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
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 University of Alaska Pacific University Approximately 54 people braved rain and several moose to participate in orienteering courses that were short, sweet, and soggy at APU on Wednesday night. There were two sprint courses to choose from, North and South, and ten hardy orienteers completed both. Ian Moore, Jen Jolliff and … Read more
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 University of Alaska, Anchorage The rain stopped and the sun came out for the 60+ people who showed up at UAA to enjoy orienteering skills courses on Wednesday, June 11th. There were 4 courses to try: 1) a standard White course, 2) a Corridor orienteering course, where most of the map … Read more
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Far North Bicentennial Park – Mile 2.2 75 people enjoyed an evening of orienteering Wednesday night at the North Bivouac trailhead. Ian Moore edged out Toby Schwörer to win the men’s division of the Red course in 59:48; Jen Joliff won the women’s in 1:35:35. In the Green course, Kimball Forrest … Read more
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Ruth Arcand Park Over 100 word-savy orienteers came out and gave it there all in the first every Scraboggle-O — a score-O on two maps with the ability to score extra points with letters (similar to the Scrabble and Boggle word games). Participants collected score-O points and scrabble tiles at each … Read more
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Chugach State Park A new map, beautiful summer conditions and challenging orienteering faced the eighty 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 Huffman Trailhead. Regan Sarwas won the men’s Red course in 126 minutes. … Read more
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Hilltop Ski Area It was a very pleasant evening for Joyce and Kathy’s Relay-O at Hilltop Ski Area Wednesday night. 125 participants showed up for the challenging and fun 2-leg relay and white course. Brian Kirchner won the 2-leg solo/team event in 45:05. The team of Pete LaFrance and Nathan Kasukonis … Read more