Wednesday May 29, 2024 Bear Valley Elementary School Loads of orienteers showed up to enjoy the pleasant weather and support Service High Ukraine Club (which made over $1000 in donations!!). The signature course, “The Special Orienteering Operation” set a new record for the most starts (37!) on a given course during the ePunch era. Participants … Read more
Wednesday May 22, 2024 Earthquake Park One hundred people enjoyed the orienteering wonderland of Earthquake Park on a rare mosquito-free evening. Short water crossings tempted some participants to muddy and sulfurous consequences with mixed results. Class winners on the advanced and intermediate courses included Ian Moore (red), Jen Jolliff (red), Sigurd Roenning (green), Jamie Shearer … Read more
Saturday May 11, 2024 Bird Valley 56 orienteers braved the rainy, windy weather on Saturday in Bird Valley. The courses were long, in some places snowy, and more than a bit brushy, but there were few complaints and a lot of enthusiasm for this rarely used map. Congratulations to Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff, the … Read more
Wednesday May 8, 2024 Ruth Arcand Park Congratulations to all who attended the training meet at Ruth Arcand! We saw lots of folks learning new orientation skills and heard from several that they especially liked the Compass map (only controls on a whited out map) which gave them the chance to really practice their compass … Read more
Wednesday May 1, 2024 McHugh Creek Thanks to all who came out to McHugh Creek for a windy, overcast evening of orienteering to kick off the summer season. Although courses were short in distance, everyone got to experience at least a little of the devil’s club, deadfall, and other thorny experiences that make the McHugh … Read more
It was perfect conditions at Kincaid for the ski O: new powder on top of a slight crust, warm and no wind. Participants included beginners, kids, groups of teenagers, veteran orienteers, a handful of elite and Olympic skiers and all kinds in between. Scott Patterson, fresh off the world cup ski season, won the 7.1 … Read more
Thanks to everyone who attended and helped with the Halloween O! We had a lot of great costumes and plenty of new and old faces. I thought I had set it long enough course to puzzle even our fastest, but Scott Patterson got every control in the trick-o in just over 50 minutes. Springer came … Read more
Many thanks to the Service High School Ukraine Club for organizing a great event! The courses were fun, the food delicious, and approximately $1300 was raised for supporting Ukrainian soldiers and citizens! View results/splits on SportIdent
The spectacular and sunny fall weather tempted 34 hardy participants to come out and try the Super Big Bike-O, a “Tour of Anchorage” bike orienteering event using five different base maps: Glen Alps / Hemlock Knob, Far North Bicentennial Park, UMED district, Earthquake Park and Kincaid. Racers on the (not-so) Short and Long courses started … Read more
Along with the numerous moose and bear along the trails, a small but hearty group of bikers and runners took on the slightly muddy trails for the Wednesday night Bike-O at Kincaid. The quickest on the bike around the 7 km Long course was Scott Patterson posting a time of 45:29 min, with Linda Smith … Read more