Next up for Ultimate Orienteer – Freestyle in Putney Woods on April 19

The Ultimate events are coming at us fast and furiously. The next event will be held on Saturday April 19 at Putney Wood on Whidbey Island. On most orienteering courses, you have to visit the controls on your course in a designated order. On a freestyle course, you must still punch all controls on your course but you choose the order. It may pay off to spend a little bit of time after your start to plan your route and […]

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Jersey order deadline tonight Saturday at midnight!

The next Ultimate O event is the Individual Relay at Green River College. The registration for this event will close Wednesday 4/9, 11:59 pm. This is a mass start event with check-in at 9:00-10:00 am and pre-race briefing at 10:15 am. A Beginner course and newcomer instructions will be offered. The next club jersey orders are due on Saturday 4/12, 11:59 pm. The new 2025 members-only edition in neon safety orange is now available (see here). The selection also includes the […]

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Up Next: The Ultimate Score-O at Summit Trails

Come join us for the next event in the Ultimate Orienteer Series on Saturday March 29. The event will be held at the Summit Trails/Rock Creek Natural Area in Maple Valley. The format for this event is a Score-O, an event with a mass start and the goal to visit as many controls as you can within the given time limit (there are point penalties for returning late). Each control on a Score-O course is worth a specified number of […]

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Registrations open for the next upcoming events: Winter Wednesday Jan 29 and Winter League Feb 1

New events are coming fast and furiously! Registration is open until Tuesday Jan 28 11:59 pm for Winter Wednesday #2 at N Seatac Park on Jan 29 evening. Event info here. Registration is open until Wednesday Jan 29 11:59 pm for Winter League #3 at Soaring Eagle on Feb 1 morning. Event info here. Register here for both events! Not enough orienteering events on your calendar? Check the COC event list for more events.  

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TENTATIVE schedule for 2025 Ultimate Orienteer

This is a preliminary schedule for the 2025 season of the Ultimate Orienteer Series. Some of the locations have not been granted land permission yet. March 1: Night-O March 29: Score-O April 12: Individual relay April 19: Freestyle May 10-11: Ultimate training weekend in Brook Memorial State Park, Goldendale WA May 24-25: Middle and Long in the Teanaway area June 21-22: Middle and Long in the Spokane area

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Saturday Skeleton Bones, Annual Meeting, and Vampire-O

Saturday will bring a tripleheader; Skeleton Bones, Annual General Meeting, and Vampire-O. SCHEDULE 12:00-2:30 pm – Choose Your Adventure: Skeleton Bones! at Bellevue College 3:00-4:30 pm – Annual Club Meeting in Room N201, south end of Bellevue College 5:00-8:00 pm – Choose Your Adventure: Vampire-O! at Robinswood Park Free parking at BC Lot 12 with promo code. Please pre-register online to help with our map counts for printing. Day-of-event registration will also be available. More info on the event pages: Skeleton […]

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The Corn Maze is **ON**

Join us for the Corn Maze on Sunday September 15  at Bob’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm in Snohomish. Special Notes 1. The start is at 8:15 am, which is 1 hour earlier than previous years. 2. Pre-registration only, closing Thu Sep. 12, 9:00 pm. There is no day-of-event registration. 3. Start will be on the south side of the road (by the farm). The map exchange and Finish will be at the maze as usual, and Download will be […]

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Join us for the next COC event: Wednesday Evening Series at Shoreline College

The second event in the 2024 Wednesday Evening Series will be held at Shoreline CC and Boeing Creek Park on July 10. The course designer team consists of Finlay Rebbeck and Chloe Harford. Finlay is an avid and accomplished junior orienteer. See more info about this event on the event page. The Wednesday Evening Series is our most relaxed and casual set of navigation events, held in local parks over the summer months. These events are a little more low-key […]

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Up Next: The Ultimate Teanaway Orienteering Weekend May 18-19

We are returning to Teanaway for the next two events on the Ultimate Orienteer schedule – a doubleheader in Teanaway in two not-so-common formats. Saturday May 18 will hold a Goat in Teanaway Forks. In a Goat format, you can skip one or two controls of your choice in a strategic way to gain advantage over your competitors. You can skip one control on the intermediate course and two non-consecutive controls on the advanced courses. This is a mass start […]

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