The woods in Far North Bicentennial Park are in perfect shape right now! Just a touch of fresh green to add some color, but not enough to impede your travel or your visibility. This is one of our best orienteering venues, and it does not get any better than it is right now. Come on … Read more
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Earthquake Park There was a good turnout for the second orienteering meet of the season on a beautiful evening at Earthquake park. Fortunately the mosquitos had not quite emerged. The Moore-Jolliff family made a good showing, as always, with Ian Moore winning the red course, beating out mountain runner Allan Spangler. … Read more
The courses from Wednesday’s in-person meet will be available as a training exercise through Tuesday 5/18/21. This is a great opportunity if you missed Wednesday’s meet or want to go out on a different course. Download maps
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Come out Wednesday, May 12 to Anchorage’s premier orienteering playground…EARTHQUAKE PARK. Starts will be from 5:00-7:00PM. The main event will feature five courses of varying difficulty and length on intricately mapped topography featuring more than 300 tiny lakes nestled between the lumpy-bumpy aftermath of the 1964 earthquake. We’ve beat the bugs this year, and if … Read more
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 University/Medical District The club’s first orienteering race of the year (and the first ‘live’ event since 2019) was held on the new ‘U-Med’ map. The event featured three courses: a 6.2 km ‘Long’, a 4.3 km ‘Medium’, and a 2.2 km ‘Short’. Cory Smith posted the fastest time on the long … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club will be hosting its first live orienteering event since 2019 this Wednesday evening May 5th, 2021! Join us in the parking lot across the street from the Mosely Sports Center on the APU campus any time between 5:00 and 7:00 to start! We will be hosting three courses for this first … Read more
Here are a couple of things you can do online to get ready for our first meet of the season this Wednesday. Complete a participation waiver for 2021. This is required once a season. Pay your meet fee or purchase a season pass. Familarize yourself with the COVID19 protocols for in-person meets. Basically masks are … Read more
Just a quick update that we are planning to hold both in-person meets and virtual events this season. We will need to take COVID19 precautions for in-person meets such as masking when not running a course, six foot spacing at start/finish area, minimize touching of shared equipment, etc. We plan to have the season points … Read more
Art Harmon has designed and put up a fun ski-O for his junior nordic group at Russian Jack Park and is leaving it up through Thursday 2/25/21 for others. Please be sure to fill out a season waiver for 2021 before you go out on the course. Thank you Art! Download the map and control … Read more