Big-O Orienteering Meet Tuesday, May 3rd Mass Start at 6:30pm Kincaid Park Chalet The Anchorage School District’s Health and Physical Education Department runs an orienteering event each year for elementary and middle school students on Tuesday, May 3rd, and they are keeping the course set up so that the club can enjoy it in the … Read more
Intro To Orienteering: The Basics APU Score-O – 05/11/2016, 6:00-6:30 Bartlett Sprint-O – 06/29/2016, 5:30-6:00 Instruction (outdoors): We’ll cover everything you need to know to try out the sport of orienteering, answer any questions you may have, then help you get started on a course and try orienteering for 30-60 minutes. Bring: good walking shoes, long pants, other … Read more
Sunday, March 27, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park at Hillside Score-O style event in which orienteers find as many controls as they can in a set period – either 45 minutes or 90 minutes. Each control was worth 10 points, with a 5 minute penalty for each minute overtime. Icy trails were challenging, but frozen … Read more
The Easter-O will be a score-o on foot with starts from noon to 2pm. Come on out to the hillside for some great spring orienteering!!
Sorry Orienteers, our meet director for the Bartlett Ski-O has taken ill, and will not be able to host the meet on Wed March 16. There is not enough time left to find a new meet director. Sorry for the short notice. Please help spread the word.
Little known fact – the Bartlett trails have relatively decent skiing, so we are going ahead with the Ski-O on March 16th! Read More…
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Russian Jack Park Originally scheduled as a ski orienteering event, the meet was switched to a foot orienteering course due to the low amount of snow and large amount of ice. Participants sported a wide range of traction devices to handle the challenging conditions. While many of the main trails were … Read more
The O-Club is adapting to the less than snowy winter. Our first meet is Art’s Cleat-O on Wednesday evening (March 9th, starts from 5-7pm). This will not be a ski-o — check the link for details. We plan to hold the remaining winter meets with adaptations to suit the conditions mother nature provides us. Please … Read more
Due to a lack of snow, the Hillside Ski-O scheduled for Sunday Feb, 28th has been cancelled. Sorry.
We wanted to let you know that the Anchorage School District has added another event to the Big “O” orienteering for kids this spring. Besides the May 3rd event at Kincaid for the upper elementary kids, there will be a new May 10th event at Russian Jack for 1st-3rd graders. For information, please read the … Read more