Mountain-O Canceled
We are sorry to report that the volunteer meet director has decided to cancel the Mountain-O this year for safety reasons. We hope to see you at the UAA Relay-O on August 5.
Lars Spurkland Memorial Bike-O Results
Wednesday July 15, 2015 Raspberry Parking Lot, Kincaid Park Sixty plus people came out to Kincaid to celebrate the life of Lars Spurkland and enjoy an evening of Bike Orienteering. Lars was a long time orienteer and vibrant member of the ski, orienteering, and other communities in Alaska. He passed away last December at age … Read more
Steve’s Ruth Arcand Park Sprint Orienteering Results
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Ruth Arcand Park Cory Smith out-sprinted all competitors in the 3.3-kilometer Long Course at Steve’s Ruth Arcand Park Sprint Orienteering Meet Wednesday evening. Smith found all 20 controls in 29 minutes, 23 seconds. Bill and Carey Johnson teamed to beat all competitors on the 1.6-kilometer short course. The couple found all … Read more
Lexi and Dela’s Solstice Sprint(not)- O
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Bartlett High School 91 people enjoyed a beautiful sunny evening of fun and competitive orienteering on Bartlett High School trails. Lured out with the promise of a Sprint-O, most people took an hour or more to enjoy the trails and woods on the Long (5K) and Short (3K) courses, but everyone … Read more
Bill’s Bivouac-O
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Far North Bicentennial Park – Mile 2.2 Approximately 115 people enjoyed orienteering under sunny skies in Far North Bicentennial Park. The green and red courses used an electronic punching system. Ian Moore had the best time on the red course and finished in 1:12:29. The best time on the green course … Read more
Results for Trond’s Troll-O
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Storck Park 93 people came out for the orienteering event at Storck Park in Bear Valley. Challenging terrain and difficult route finding made for long adventures for participants. Cory Smith won the men’s long advanced course with Ian Moore in second. No women started the long course. John Fritz won the … Read more
JBER Fossil-Orienteering Meet
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Fossil Creek on JBER Alaska Ian Moore and Lorena Knapp were top Red Course (4.8km) Orienteering mens, womens finishers displaying ‘cross country’ skill through rolling birch covered forest. Two ran under an hour: Ian – a swift 44:25, followed by Cory Smith 56:22, then Bill Spencer 1:04:40, 18 seconds later Dan … Read more
Eric and Jill’s Orienteering Meet
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 1.1 This weeks orienteering meet had 153 participants in Bicentennial Park, mile 1 Campbell Airstrip Road. Beautiful weather and no bugs on 5 different course levels yielded lots of grinning people. On the Red course, Ian Moore edged out Toby Schwörer for first place in the … Read more
Pre-registration Required for Upcoming Events
Registration for JBER is closed. If you want to attend this event, you will need a military sponsor to get on base. As a condition of land use, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Eklutna Native Corporation (Mirror Lake) require us to submit participant information to them. Every adult (18 or older) must pre-register 2 days … Read more
Board Meeting Minutes from 4/1/15
Arctic Orienteering Club Board Meeting: Wed, April 1st, 2015, 7-9 pm Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm. Members present: Trond Jensen, Joyce Goodell, Lexi Hill, Chris Tomsen, Kathy Farnyiarz, Regan Sarwas, Art Harman, Lia Keller, Della Grey, Mike Robinson, Dan Billman, Anne Billman, Ian Moore Financial overview, Dan Billman: Club has $1500 in checking, … Read more