We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday March 4, 2018. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the Glenwood Avenue entrance, follow the signs to the furthest parking lot and from there to the big shelter. The event starts at noon […]

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It was such a nice day for being in the woods. Couldn’t have been better! We had a pretty good turnout at Raven Rock State Park – 51 starts! Thank you all for coming. It is a hard forest to get through and the map hasn’t been updated for many years. Both factors were in […]

Comments Off on Results for Open event at Raven Rock State Park (Dec 3, 2017)

We will have an OPEN event at Raven Rock State Park on Sunday December 3, 2017. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. The event starts at noon and everybody must finish by 3 PM. We will have all regular courses from beginner to advanced, White through Red. White 2.2km […]

Comments Off on Open Event at Raven Rock State Park – Dec 3, 2017

We had a great turnout at our season start. Thank you all for coming! Even though the summer is behind us, it was still pretty hot, which made it harder for everybody. The courses were also more difficult than usual (especially Yellow and Orange) – there were quite a few DNFs. In addition, control #9 […]

Comments Off on Results for September 24 event in South Umstead

We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday, September 24, 2017. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the main entrance off of I-40 (Harrison Avenue exit), and follow the signs to the big shelter. The event starts at noon and everybody […]

Comments Off on Open Event in Umstead Park (South) – September 24, 2017

It was a perfect day for orienteering. Nice weather, beautiful open forest. The courses didn’t have a lot of elevation gain (as far as Birkhead goes…), but were challenging from navigation stand point. Hence, the long times. While running in Birkhead, one has to be very careful to stay in tune with the map – […]

Comments Off on Results for Members event in Birkhead Wilderness on Apr 2, 2017

This event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). The event is in Birkhead Wilderness Area, Uwharrie National Forest, Asheboro NC. We’ll start from the Birkhead Wilderness Robbins Branch Trailhead (35.589782, -79.947795). Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. For […]

Comments Off on Members Event in Birkhead wilderness on Apr 2, 2017

It was a great day for being in the woods and we had big turnout. Thank you all for coming! The courses were mostly fast running, except for the Green and Red ones, where the runners had to deal with a couple of hills in the rarely used part of the East Umstead. Special thanks […]

Comments Off on Results for Feb 5, 2017 event in North Umstead

We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday February 5, 2017. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the Glenwood Avenue entrance, follow the signs to the furthest parking lot and from there to the big shelter. The event starts at noon […]

Comments Off on Open event in North Umstead, Feb 5 2017

It was a perfect day for orienteering. We had good turnout and challenging courses, especially Orange. Moreover the very first control on Orange was about 15 meters off (on a wrong knoll closer to the re-entrant). You could see it from the right spot, but still it made it harder to find. Sorry about that… […]

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