Hey Orienteers, you only have a few days left to find your compass and trail shoes before the first meet of the season! The first meet will be held at Earthquake park on Wednesday May 4th. There will be five traditional courses: Red (advanced): 4.9km; 23 controls Green: 4.0km; 17 controls Orange: 2.9km; 17 controls … Read more
Hello Orienteers! We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming orienteering season. The first event is at Earthquake Park on May 4th! We are excited to announce that the club has purchased new equipment that will allow us to begin having meets with electronic punching (here is a simple introduction to electronic punching). We … Read more
The Bureau of Land Management just released a draft Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for the Campbell Tract and is seeking public comment through April 20th, including two public meetings via Zoom on March 22nd and March 24th. The draft RAMP contains a mix of proposals, some of which may be beneficial or neutral for … Read more
Fifty orienteers participated in the Winter-O on Sunday. The weather was beautiful, the trails were fast but not dangerous, and Cory Smith had set some excellent courses to ski, bike, run, and walk. The full results are posted below, but notable achievements included Brian Kirrchner completing both the Ski-O and Bike-O course in 1:20:25 to … Read more
Orienteers! The winter orienteering event is on for the afternoon of Sunday, February 27th, with starts from 2-4 p.m. This event is free, but you must complete a season waiver for 2022. Starts will be on the UMED map, just north of the parking lot of UAA’s Arts Building, beyond the snow piles (see below … Read more
Hey Orienteers! I wanted to let you know that we are planning to hold a winter orienteering event on the afternoon of Sunday, February 27th, with starts from 2-4 p.m. Save the date! The plan is still developing a bit, but it looks like we will have starts on the UMED map, likely in the … Read more
Many of you may know that expert orienteer and long-time club member Jen Joliff is a gifted artist. Turns out she is also a talented author as well! Jen has written and recently published a novel call Fogrunner. A tale of adventure and growth set in a place where map reading and navigation skills are … Read more
43 orienteers braved windy, snowy, rainy conditions, and more than a bit of brush to participate in the first orienteering meet in Bird Valley in decades. The short course proved to be the most popular, but two teams finished the long course, which included long legs and a stream crossing. Thanks to John Wolfe for … Read more
On Saturday, October 2nd, come and try out the first new orienteering map of Bird Valley made since 1994! This will be a team event, you must be in a team of at least two people to go out on a course. You can either organize a team beforehand or team up with someone at … Read more
Art’s Equinox-O Orienteering Meet Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at Russian Jack Trails We had a great turnout for out penultimate meet of the season, even more impressive as it was nestled between two early snowstorms. Participants had 45 minutes to find as many controls as possible and return to the finish on time, otherwise risking … Read more