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
True story: A few years ago, I was in Helsinki for a conference. My wife and I walked by the beautiful Helsinki Senate Square which was packed with hundreds of spectators watching the finish of some running event. I joked that is was likely an orienteering event: It was! It was a World Cup Sprint … Read more
It is a fast, fun and sometimes wet meet out at APU on Wednesday, August 30. Scott Patterson had the fastest time on the 4k long course, beating out the team of Peter and Curtis by only two seconds! On the 2k short course, Team Elizabeth had the fastest time. I think it is shaping … Read more
Wednesday August 23, 2023 University of Alaska, Anchorage Thanks to everyone who showed up for the 100 Meter Dash-O! There was some fierce competition for the fastest 100 meters on the track. Ultimately Scott Patterson took the win for the men’s with a time of 17 seconds. In the women’s the team “Ale & Gretta” … Read more