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
Come to Glen Alps Trailhead Saturday, August 20th to navigate your way through the spectacular Chugach Mountains on one of two courses set by orienteering master, Bill Spencer. The tundra is starting to change colors, the berries are at their peak and the courses will be set mostly above treeline! You won’t want to miss … Read more
The Bike-O originally scheduled for August 17th has been moved to August 31st. Our next scheduled event is the Mountain-O on Sat August 20th. Stay tuned for more details.
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
This week’s Arctic Orienteering Event is the annual High School-O! It’s a super-fun, one hour Score-O with more than 30 control points, and starts at Bartlett High School parking lot 1101 Golden Bear Drive <https://goo.gl/maps/oVd8SfiBoFPFCSMB7>. The course opens for both schools and the public at 10:00 AM and closes in the evening with a final … Read more
University of Alaska, Anchorage Wednesday, August 3, 2022 58 Orienteers came out on a beautiful night. There were no reports of bears or bees. On the 1.8 km short course the team of Marley, Rosie, Liam, and Griffin won with a time of 9:37, ahead of Iona Snyder in 16:50. Brian Kirchener won the 3.6 … Read more
The UAA Sprint Orienteering on Aug 3 will start between 5pm-7pm. There will be short and long courses. We will start at the “usual” spot: The parking lot just NW of the old UAA sports building. It is between the pool and King Career Center.
Ruth Arcand Park Wednesday, July 27, 2022 It was a sunny and warm evening for the 40 individuals and 11 teams that went out for a quick run around Ruth Arcand Park. Short legs between the 13 to 20 controls made for quick decision making of route choices. Short course: Ivan Hodes won the men’s … Read more
This week’s sprint race or a pleasant walk on the trails is at Ruth Arcand, 3766 Abbott Road. Starts are from 5-7 pm, with all participants returning before 9:00 pm. There is an event scheduled at the pavilion, so we will be using the second or larger parking lot 100 meters farther into the park … Read more
Welcome orienteers to another season of sprints. As we have done the last few years, we will have a sprint series championship based on everyone’s performance over the series. Participate in as many sprints as you can and on the evening of the last sprint, we will have a pursuit championship. Your start time will … Read more