Next Winter League event is January 10 – Register now!

Join us at Summit Trail / Rock Creek Natural Area on Saturday, January 10th for WL #5. More info here. Register here (pre-registration is required and closes Wednesday Jan. 7).

As the Winter League progresses into its second half of the season, the difficulty level is increased a bit as we move into more forested terrain from city parks. Remember to read the course notes before the event. Please carpool if you can.

Also, Winter Wednesday evening training event on January 14 at Lynnwood Golf Course. Pre-registration required.

WL #4 at University of Washington is tomorrow. Note different parking spot and start area!

Parking in lot E18 just north of the Alaska Air Arena. Mandatory crossing of Montlake Blvd at the Hec-Ed Bridge to the staging area by Bill and Melinda Gates Center for CSE. All areas West of Burke-Gilman trail is Competition Area and Out Of Bounds (OOB).

Join us on Saturday Dec 20 for the fourth event in the 2025-26 Winter League Season. More info on the event page here. Register here. Registration will close Wednesday night, Dec 17 11:59 PM. The event is held at University of Washington in Seattle. The course designer is Peter Golde.

CANCELLED – Join us for some orienteering training on Wednesday 12/10

This event has been cancelled because the venue is already soggy and with the rain forecasted for tonight and tomorrow, there is potential for damage, and we don’t want that to happen, especially not with a first time venue.

Welcome to the first event in the 2025-26  Winter Wednesday training series on a new map of Foster Golf Links in Tukwila. We offer an Easier and a Harder course. The Easier course will be suitable for orienteers with less experience navigating at night and can be completed by staying on the golf cart paths. The Harder course will be a significant step up and, given the flat and open nature of the terrain, is designed to encourage direct routes between controls.  The Harder course crosses many golf cart paths but rarely follows them. Please see the Winter Wednesdays series page for more on the goals and philosophy of these events. Instruction and coaching happily provided on request. More info on the event page. Pre-registration only; registration closes on Tuesday night.

Preliminary 2026 Ultimate Orienteer schedule

Below is the preliminary schedule for the Ultimate Orienteer series in 2026. We are still applying for permits so there can still be changes. (Open the News post to see the table.) If you are interested in course designing any of the local events, please email us at ultimate@cascadeoc.org.

Ultimate Orienteer
UO-1 3/7/2026 Night-O Lynnwood Golf Course
UO-2 3/28/2026 Freestyle St.Edward
UO-3 4/18/2026 Score Fort Ebey or Putney Woods
UO-4 4/25/2026 Individual Relay Lincoln Park
UO-5 5/16/2026 Middle Jack Creek
UO-6 5/17/2026 Long Dickey Creek
PNWOF, maybe 4 NREs 
UO-7 6/13/2026 NRE, Middle (Marmot Cup 1) Moses Lake
UO-8 6/14/2026 NRE, Long (Marmot Cup 2) Fisk (Fishtrap Backup)
6/16-17 EWOC
6/20/2026 Mt Hood
6/21/2026 Mt Hood

Skeleton Bones, Vampire-O, and the Club’s Annual Meeting this Weekend!

This Saturday is our annual triple-header extravaganza, featuring two Halloween-themed orienteering events and the club’s annual meeting (with pizza!) in between.

Skeleton Bones will have a mass start at 1:15pm at North Seattle College.

The annual meeting will be from 3:00-4:30pm at North Seattle College.

Vampire-O will be at Jackson Park Golf Course, just a bit to the northeast, starting at 7:00pm.