Sunday, September 21, 2014 Mirror Lake map 31 people came out to enjoy a sunny Equinox afternoon in the woods on Eklutna lands behind Mirror Lake Middle School. Recently fallen leaves obscured a few trails, but the first-timers prevailed to complete their courses. Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff both declared that it was a fun … Read more
Saturday, September 13, 2014 Crevasse Moraine Orienteerers who made the trek out to Palmer on Saturday discovered that the weather was better there. Rain ended by late morning, and a least one person reported being struck by sunshine! Seventeen people ran the four courses; 12 finished their courses. A few took some interesting extra twists … Read more
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 Elmore Ballfields A perfect sunny fall evening was the setting for the Fun O. About 65 participants showed up for the event. Due to some control elves or animals or other circumstances, no one was able to complete the two expert courses in the allotted time, but many determined souls spent … Read more
Sunday, August 24th, 2014 in the Chugach Mountains Cory Smith prevailed against wind, rain, and a strong field of runners to win the Mountain Goat Race. The race challenged runners to navigate through a 20+ km loop through the Chugach Mountains above Anchorage. Each segment of the race offered choices of routes so the competitors … Read more
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Russian Jack Park and APU/UAA East High won the school team division of the Back to School-O with their team averaging 374.4 points per group. Colony was right behind with a 327.3 average. The winning high school group was the South team of Grant Klug, Arthur Welsh, Alex Kilby and Scott … Read more
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 University of Alaska, Anchorage The evening was warm and sunny and the orienteering courses were short and fast. Several participants enjoyed the two for one deal, and ran both the courses at the UAA Sprint-O. After placing 2nd in the women’s long course, Ellyn Brown went on to win the short … Read more
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Kincaid Park, Raspberry Road 42 competitors showed up on a rainy night to compete in David and Gary Snyder’s orienteering meet. Participants could run the race solo or as a relay team, doing the course twice. Steve Gruhn and Regan Sarwas topped the long course relay race, winning in 1:21:20 Short … Read more
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Ruth Arcand Park Hardy orienteers braved the rain for the first run on the new Ruth Arcand map. They ran a fun and fast mass-start format that allows head-to-head competition after participants initially scatter in all directions. Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff handily won the men’s and women’s long course, and … Read more
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Bartlett High School Seventy-five orienteers participated in Wednesday’s orienteering meet at Bartlett. This was the inaugural event on the brand new orienteering map of the Bartlett High School ski trails area. Participants praised the new map and fun orienteering area. Ian Moore won the men’s long course in a blistering 37 … Read more
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Stork Park 83 hardy participant braved wet feet, thick brush and some blow down to compete in Lars & Raye Ann’s Adventure O. Cory Smith won the men’s Red Course by a hair thin margin over perennial favorite Ian Moore. Lindsey Flagstad was the lone womens single finisher in the red … Read more