Wednesday May 31, 2023 Ruth Arcand park Congrats to all who tackled the courses at Ruth Arcand! The newly thinned forests made for easier terrain reading, though perhaps at the expense of more difficult footing with brush piles, logs, and stumps to avoid. Approximately 138 participants came out to the Ruth Arcand meet with a … Read more
Wednesday May 24th Far North Bicentennial Park Campbell Airstrip Trailhead (Milepost 1.1) Congrats to all who braved the swampy short courses and far too long advanced courses! The director has definitely learned some lessons for the next time. About 100 people took on the various challenges across 5 courses. Notable sightings included a black bear … Read more
Wednesday May 10th Orienteers kicked off the start of the season with fun and challenging courses, snow-free terrain, and gorgeous views of the inlet. Many thanks to Trond Flagstad, Steve Mckeever, Dwight Iverson and Lindsey Flagstad for a great meet! Compare and analyze results for on any of the following sites: SportIdent RouteGadget
We had a good turnout for the Halloween O. It was great to see so many folks roll out in costume. We had over 40 people for the Treat O and over 15 for the Trick O. We largely managed to avoid the rain and had a fabulous evening of spooks and orienteering. Scott Patterson … Read more
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at Russian Jack Springs Park This meet was a regular score-o for thirty minutes, then for the final fifteen competitors the event transformed into a game of cat and mouse. Participants could choose to remove a control and bring it back to the start for bonus points. However, orienteerers could also … Read more
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Over 40 individuals and teams took advantage of the brief break from the rain to duck, dive, turn, slip, and slide their way through Earthquake Park. For the long course, Scott Patterson managed to hold onto his overall sprint series lead after starting only 25 seconds ahead of Ian Moore. However, … Read more
Over two dozen people braved cloudy skies and a long drive on a holiday weekend to visit Settlers Bay Coastal Park. They were rewarded with a day of orienteering, exploring, berry picking, and views of the inlet at this new gem of park in the Mat-Su Valley. Thanks to Mike and Ruth for putting on … Read more
Kincaid Stadium Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Thanks to everyone who came out to sprint about at Kincaid park. After a false start and some confusion the slightly messed up team of Peter Hinds and Kurtis Brumbaugh managed the fastest time for the Long sprint at 26:07 The quickest Single competitor was Dorn Van Dommelen with … Read more
Saturday, August 20, 2022 Chugach State Park, Glen Alps Trailhead 35 hearty souls enjoyed a day in the mountains Saturday at the “O” Rally on O’ Malley meet in Chugach Park. Short, Medium, and Long courses took participants up the new trail onto the Ball Field, to Black Lake and beyond to the scree and … Read more
Bartlet High School Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Arctic orienteering hosted seven high schools and the community to a trail running/map event called orienteering. Local running teams divided their athletes into small groups that traveled the course, trying to find controls (flags) throughout the trail system. Max score was 780 and several high school teams attained … Read more