After three sprint events (Ruth Arcand, UAA, and Kincaid), the starting positions for the final championship at Earthquake Park are starting to shape up. But remember, there is still one event at Settlers Bay that could change everything! These are the current Sprint Pursuit Championship starting times for the leading 22 orienteers. If the finale … Read more
Date: Wednesday, August 31st Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm starts, must be done by 8:30pm Location: Service HS 5577 Abbott Road Anchorage Come out to the Little Gym (NE corner of the campus, near the hockey rink) at Service HIgh on Wednesday evening for the Ogust-O Bike-O Orienteering meet. Two courses will be set, both suitable for biking or running, though some … 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
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm starts, must be done by 9:00pm Location: Kincaid Park Lower Stadium Lot 9300 Raspberry Road There will be a short and a long course. Kincaid is a fun, well used area with lots of trails of all different sizes to challenge you. Some are not on the map. Can you find your “Hint”: … 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
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