Registration for this event is now closed. Barring an extension of North Carolina’s stay-at-home order, we expect to be able to hold an orienteering event at Carolina North Forest on Sunday, May 10. The event is open only to ‘advanced’ orienteers – those who have successfully completed an orange, brown, green, or red course. Start […]
Read MoreFor the second time in two weeks – by coincidence – expert orienteers were treated to some long-form courses, with relatively few controls and relatively long legs that required careful route choice. The red course, for example, had only five controls and one leg that was over 2.3 km long. People really differed on their […]
Read MoreRegistration for this event is now closed. Because of the health risks associated with large gatherings of people, we are taking the following precautions for our March 22 event at Eno River. 0. We are limiting the total number of participants to 50. Current CDC guidelines limit gatherings to 50 people. Our limit of […]
Read MoreSunday was a nearly perfect day for orienteering — sunny and in the mid-50’s. Everybody, from beginners on the white course to experts on the 90-minute score couse, used a new 1:5000 scale map with a 1.25m contour interval. These map specifications allowed us to put a lot of terrain detail into the map. The […]
Read MoreA chilly gray Saturday morning brought a couple dozen orienteers out to Cape Lookout National Seashore. Some had traveled from hundreds of miles just for the unique opportunity to orienteer at the Outer Banks, on National Park Service land. The twenty-minute ferry ride from Harkers Island passed by Shackleford Banks, where we hope to have […]
Read MoreRegistration for these events is now closed. Join us for a weekend of orienteering on the beautiful NC coast! On Saturday, February 01 we will offer expert-level courses (brown, green, and red) at Cape Lookout National Seashore. You must be an experienced orienteer to attend this event. Make reservations ($17 per adult) for the 10:00 […]
Read MoreThe orienteering events on the coast on February 01 and 02 will require some careful planning on your part, so we’re posting some preliminary information to help. On Saturday, Feb 01 we will have three expert level courses (i.e., brown, green, and red) set around the lighthouse area of Cape Lookout. Start, finish, and registration […]
Read MoreAnother fun end-of-year Umstead Score-O is in the books. Sunday brought out nearly 50 orienteers to the north side of Umstead State Park, where 30 controls were spread over 15 square kilometers. Only one runner, Robert Enochs, was able to visit them all; although several competitors came close to Robert’s performance. Robert has won this […]
Read MoreOn Sunday December 15, BOK will host its 6th annual Score-O in Umstead park. A “Score-O” involves a course with no predetermined route, in which competitors decide which controls they want to visit, and in which order. This event will have 2-, and 4-hour options. It is open to any orienteers who have successfully completed […]
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