Registration is now available for the 2024 Orienteering Festival. Join the Arctic Orienteering Club for two days and one night of fun, quality orienteering in Alaska on August 3 & 4th. We will be premiering new maps in new venues as well as hosting a grill and potluck at a camping site near the race … Read more
Sunday July 14, 2024 Chugach State Park 24 Hearty souls braved rain showers and foggy conditions to cop some of the more interesting orienteering that Alaska has to offer. Stunning vistas, alpine cirques, steep slopes, slippery snow fields, drifting clouds, a mystery boulder control, cold creek crossings, marsh and wet brush all added to the … Read more
Training event at Mile 1.1 Campbell Airstrip Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/M9dthQQb8NGuopqs7 Come out to learn and practice new techniques and build confidence to slash minutes off your time at the next meet. The 1st session will start at 3:30pm and be for white/yellow level folks. The 2nd session will start at 5:30 and be for all levels. … Read more
The Mountain-O is happening this Saturday, July 13. NOTE: Due to the weather forecast for rain and extremely high winds at upper elevations tomorrow the Mountain-O will NOT be held, Saturday. Instead it’ll be the next day, this Sunday, July 14. Same times: Registration and starts between 10 am and noon, you must finish by … Read more
Wednesday July 10, 2024 Mirror Lake Middle School Around 50 participants came out to enjoy the courses at Mirror Lake on Wednesday. Both the mosquitos and highly localized rain showers upped the difficulty of successfully navigating at an already challenging area. A misplaced compass, a lost phone and a control picked up too early added … Read more
Head up the Glenn for a traditional meet at Mirror Lake! The advanced courses offer some of the most runnable forest on any of our maps and have several areas with delightfully intricate features. The many trails around the middle school give lots of options for the yellow and white courses as well. We’ll have … Read more
It is with sadness that we share the news that Kathy Faryniarz pasted away unexpectedly earlier this month. Kathy was a long-time orienteer, former board member, and regular meet director with her close friend Joyce Goodell. Kathy loved to travel and went on many adventures with her friends and her husband Mark Selland. We will … Read more
Over 80 people showed up to enjoy the beautiful sunshine, brave the mosquitoes, and play some Orienteering BINGO on June 26th! Huge thanks to everyone who attended for trying something new! The mass start began shortly after 6, with most people making it back in time to avoid substantial deductions for being late. Everyone was … Read more
Time for some Fun-O with a BING-O! Please join us for a 1-hour long Score-O style event with a mass start at 6pm and some fun BINGO bonuses. Park at Tikishla Park or in the nearby neighborhood and follow the signs to the start location. Celebratory cake will be available directly after the meet at 7pm. Please try to arrive … Read more
Wednesday June 19, 2024 Abbott Loop Community Park Meet Director blurb coming soon. LiveLox* The clocks on the ePunch controls are about 10 seconds off from GPS time, so it will appear that you punch the control about 10 seconds before you reach the control. I’ll fix that before the next meet. Attackpoint SportIdent * … Read more