The Arctic Orienteering Club board is trying to decide what sort of mapping projects to work on in 2017 and would like input from club members and meet participants. Orienteering maps can be expensive to create and maintain. Skilled “mappers” must be brought in to walk the terrain and make significant corrections and additions to … Read more
Junior Nordic is celebrating the end of their first session by having all groups meet at Kincaid Park on Saturday, January 6th and doing a Ski-O course. Junior Nordic will use the course from 10:15-11:30, so you might not want to be out there with 300+ kids, but we will leave the course out for … Read more
Arctic Orienteering Club Board of Directors’ Meeting November 3rd, 2016 Minutes Called to order at 7:15 Attending: Mike Robinson, Dela Grey, Lia Keller, Regan Sarwas, Ian Moore, Cory Smith, Lexi Hill, Art Harmon, Shelly Laws, Jill Follett Minutes from August 16 approved Old business a. Mike will hold the meet director glasses for Joyce and … Read more
If you are looking for a fun fall training opportunity, Bill Spencer has set a training course at Ruth Arcand Park just for you! The course will only be available this weekend (Oct 15-16), so act now! Just print the map, then head over to Ruth Arcand and have a good time. This is not … Read more
Saturday, September 10, 2016 Klutina Drive The Arctic Orienteering Club celebrated the end of the season with an afternoon of orienteering on the east-side of Anchorage in the foothills of the Chugach mountains. While the courses were long, the 44 participants were treated to fantastic weather, no bugs, and beautiful Fall vegetation. Ian Moore won … Read more
The following items were left behind at meets this year and have yet to be claimed. Nike Dri-Fit Exercise shirt Water bottle Water bottle Bear bell Camera lens sun shield If any one of these is yours, please contact Regan (rsarwas@gmail.com). These items will eventually be recycled if not claimed.
Arctic Orienteering Club Board of Directors’ Meeting August 16th, 2016 Minutes Call to Order at 7:24 pm Meeting held at Trond and Cindy Jensen’s home. In attendance: Trond Jensen, Lia Keller, Dan Billman, Ian Moore, Cory Smith, Dela Grey, Lexi Hill, Regan Sarwas, Shelly Laws, Jill Follett, Anne Billman 1. Annual Meeting After considering the … Read more
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Earthquake Park 53 people came out for the glorious end-of-August weather at Earthquake Park, enjoying warm sunshine and almost no bugs. The meet included traditional red, green and orange courses, as well as a Geolog-O that tested participants’ navigation, map reading, and knowledge about Earthquake Park (supplemented by the “Inside the … Read more
We’ve been forced to reshuffle some of our August meets. Here is the current schedule: August 17th: Meet cancelled August 24th: Meet cancelled August 31st: Meet at Earthquake Park
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Service High School Arctic Orienteering hosted an event for high school cross country teams, that was also open to the public. A record number of schools participated, giving hundreds of local students an opportunity to practice map reading skills, work as a team and get an awesome workout. A mama black … Read more