Kudos to all of the festival meet directors, organizers, and volunteers! As VP of Events I’ve had a few people ask me about the summer schedule and its logic. While there’s no formal pattern for meets, in recent memory we have generally held the traditional meets early in the year while the brush is low … Read more
Festival Photos Abum Despite gray skies, close to fifty competitors navigated their way around the beautiful flower-studded tundra in Hidden Lakes and Powerline Pass valleys Sunday to complete the Short (6.9k), Long (17+k) and Modified Long Mountain Orienteering courses set by Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff. Ian’s new map offered significantly improved contours, vegetation mapping … Read more
See the Chugach Front Range from all new angles as you navigate your way around its spectacular peaks, flowering alpine meadows and troll-sized boulders. Starting from Glen Alps parking lot, a short walk takes you to the enchanting start/finish area for a 10:00-11:00AM interval start on your “Short” or Long Course. This is what Alaska orienteering … Read more
Festival Photos Abum 52 orienteerers (34 individuals and 8 teams) came out for the 2026 Nationally Ranked Event (NRE) at Mirror & Edmonds Lake Park on Saturday. In weather that ranged from overcast to sprinkling to actually raining back to overcast (not only ducks love that weather, but mosquitoes, too!). People finished their courses in … Read more
Come enjoy the beautiful forest running on a newly-expanded Mirror Lake map. Starting at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Singing Hills on the east side of the Glen Highway on Edmonds Lake, this National Ranking Event boasts white, yellow, orange, brown (short green), green, red and blue (long red) courses through open birch forest. Stick around … Read more
Festival Photos Abum A mere second! Festival Sprints decided by a tick of the clock! 64 souls braved the fine sunny, warm evening Thursday to seek orange and white controls amidst the buildings, fences, streams, paths and woods of the west UAA campus. And nearly all were successful, with just two competitors failing to punch … Read more
The first event of the Alaska Orienteering Festival is this Thursday evening (June 25, 2026) in Anchorage. It’s a sprint on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus and surrounding parkland which provides a mix of urban and forrest terrain. There will be a short course and a long course. Think great spectating and exciting competitor … Read more
Register Now This, right here, is the important notice of the week. If you have not yet signed up for the Alaska Orienteering Festival Events, please do it now. Your club membership will get you a spot for free if you preregister using the code: PASS2026. Registering not only drums up excitement and gets you … Read more
For the last traditional meet of the season, Abbott Loop 2026 wrapped up nicely last night. Everyone gave solid efforts, with most (all?) giving blood to the mosquitoes as well, especially those of you in shorts and t-shirts! Course results highlights: 🔴 Red Course: Scott Patterson secured a dominant win, with the real race between … Read more
Location: Traditional meet at Abbott Loop Community Park Date: Wednesday, June 17th Time: Starts from 5-7 pm. Please finish by 9 pm at at the latest. Join us for the last traditional orienteering meet of the season on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at Abbott Loop Community Park, 8101 Elmore Rd. The start and finish will … Read more