Wednesday, July 11, 2018 University of Alaska, Anchorage The rain stopped and the sun came out for the 60+ people who showed up at UAA to enjoy orienteering skills courses on Wednesday, June 11th. There were 4 courses to try: 1) a standard White course, 2) a Corridor orienteering course, where most of the map … Read more
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Far North Bicentennial Park – Mile 2.2 75 people enjoyed an evening of orienteering Wednesday night at the North Bivouac trailhead. Ian Moore edged out Toby Schwörer to win the men’s division of the Red course in 59:48; Jen Joliff won the women’s in 1:35:35. In the Green course, Kimball Forrest … Read more
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Ruth Arcand Park Over 100 word-savy orienteers came out and gave it there all in the first every Scraboggle-O — a score-O on two maps with the ability to score extra points with letters (similar to the Scrabble and Boggle word games). Participants collected score-O points and scrabble tiles at each … Read more
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Chugach State Park A new map, beautiful summer conditions and challenging orienteering faced the eighty runners that came out for Trond’s orienteering meet on Wednesday evening. The meet accessed the Chugach State Park trails and terrain from the Upper Huffman Trailhead. Regan Sarwas won the men’s Red course in 126 minutes. … Read more
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Hilltop Ski Area It was a very pleasant evening for Joyce and Kathy’s Relay-O at Hilltop Ski Area Wednesday night. 125 participants showed up for the challenging and fun 2-leg relay and white course. Brian Kirchner won the 2-leg solo/team event in 45:05. The team of Pete LaFrance and Nathan Kasukonis … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club will have the Alaska State Orienteering Championships at the North America Orienteering Championships in Whitehorse, Canada on August 18th and 19th, 2018. There will be 1st through 3rd place medals for Alaskans in each class. The classes are separated into men and women and further divided by age groups (see table). … Read more
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 1.1 The meet was held on May 30, 2018 at Mile 1.1 Campbell Airstrip Road. Only one participant spotted a grizzly bear who was apparently on a different course because he ran the other way. A moose sauntered through the registration area but he was too … Read more
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Earthquake Park Earthquake Park was the site for this week’s evening of fun and competative orienteering put on by the Arctic Orienteering Club. More than 130 people participated in navigating five courses ranging from easy to challenging. Everyone managed to steer clear, and most got glimpses of, the Moose cow with … Read more
Meet directors must field check their course while preparing their maps. You are strongly encouraged to report any significant inaccuracies of the maps to the VP of Mapping for revisions as soon as they are discovered. If you can identify simple changes early enough, then it is possible that corrections can be made to the … Read more
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Campbell Airstrip Road, mile 2.2 Below are the results of the Arctic Orienteering Club’s May 16 orienteering meet in Far North Bicentennial Park in Anchorage. The meet started at the North Bivouac Trailhead off Basher Road. Ian Moore completed the most difficult course in the least amount of time to take … Read more