February 8, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
Bog Slog redo is this Sunday, February 13th. Head on out to Lord Hill Regional Park- South entrance for the last meet of the Choose Your Adventure Series. We are offering two mass-start, point-to-point courses (The Bog Slog & The Bog Jog) for the advanced navigators, as well as a Choose Your Adventure style race for beginners, intermediates, and trail runners!
Registration closes Friday 2/11 at 12pm- get signed up here.
As always, The Bog Slog advanced courses are longer and more challenging than our usual Winter League courses. Some participants drop down a level for ease, while others treat this as the ultimate challenge, often sharing the navigation fun and bragging rights for completion.
More information here.
January 29, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
You don’t want to miss trying your orienteering skills out in the Rock Creek Natural Area. This will be only the 2nd time COC has raced at this venue. Get registered, bring your compass (you will need it!), and head on down to Maple Valley for Winter League’s last regular season meet! Parking and the event arena are at Summit Trail Middle School. More information can be found here.
January 24, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
Registration and volunteer sign-up are now open for Fort Ebey and Fort Casey!
WL Championships will be a two-day event this year.
- Saturday (2/19) is a classic middle distance championship race at Fort Ebey State Park
& Kettles Trail Area. It is also an opportunity to earn National Ranking points.
- Sunday (2/20) is a Sprint/Middle championship race at Fort Casey State Park.
- This year, championships awards are based on your TWO DAY score. That means if
you want to qualify for Winter League Championship awards, you must do the same
course both days and you must run either Short Advanced or Long Advanced.
- New this year: we’ll have awards for men and women on Short Advanced!
Read the FAQ’s here. So you know how to register!
January 20, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
Signed up to race at Big Finn Hill? Miss discussing your route choices with your orienteering friends? Want to talk orienteering in a COVID-safe way?
Join hosts Will Enger & Patrick Nuss at 8 pm on Sundays following Winter League orienteering events. Together, you’ll talk about the race, courses, and interesting route choices. What worked well? What didn’t? How can you learn and improve for next time? Bring your questions, tell us about your races, and hopefully, you’ll learn a few tricks to become better orienteers!
These are open to all ages and courses, both public and school league. Register here!
January 15, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
There is plenty of room to register for Big Finn Hill (Winter League #6) on Saturday, Jan 22nd. Register by 1/18 at Noon to request a start time or by 1/19 at 9 pm for the event in general. Advanced courses will explore the west side of the park. Please note all staging and start and finish for this meet will be at Henry David Thoreau Elementary School. More information here.
January 10, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
The Ultimate Orienteer series offers different types of orienteering in a variety of terrain types. From night navigation to score courses to long-distance courses; from the thick wet forests of Western Washington to the open forests of Eastern Washington, there’s a lot to choose from!
Series Directors Debbie Newell and Ing Uhlin are excited to announce the Ultimate-O schedule for 2022:
| Date |
Type |
Location |
| 3/12/22 (Sat) |
1-Night |
Hamlin |
| 4/9/22 (Sat) |
2-Freestyle |
Lincoln Tree Farm |
| 4/23/22 (Sat) |
3-Motala |
Ft. Steilacoom |
| 5/14/2022 (Sat) |
4-Score |
Dickey Creek |
| 5/15/2022 (Sun) |
5-Long |
Teanaway Forks |
| 6/11/2022 (Sat) |
6-Middle |
Fishtrap Lake |
| 6/12/2022 (Sun) |
7-Goat |
Fishtrap Lake |
January 6, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
Signed up to race at Shoreview? Miss discussing your route choices with your orienteering friends? Want to talk orienteering in a COVID-safe way?
Join hosts Will Enger & Patrick Nuss at 8 pm on Sundays following Winter League orienteering events. Together, you’ll talk about the race, courses, and interesting route choices. What worked well? What didn’t? How can you learn and improve for next time? Bring your questions, tell us about your races, and hopefully, you’ll learn a few tricks to become better orienteers!
These are open to all ages and courses, both public and school league. Register here!
January 5, 2022 by Michelle Kastner
Get your registration in for WL #5 this Saturday, January 8th. Registration closes tonight (1/5) at 9pm or earlier if we sell out. Fun courses by David Tallent are expected. We also have 5 volunteer roles that need to be filled if you are vaccinated and can help out.
December 30, 2021 by Patrick Nuss
As of 8pm on 12/30, The Bog Slog on January 2nd has been POSTPONED to a later date TBA.
With six more inches of snow falling yesterday and today (and potentially more to follow), and temperatures well below freezing until late Saturday, we’re just not convinced that the conditions will allow for safe travel to the event and safe orienteering in the woods on Sunday morning. (Not to mention safe access for the course setters on Saturday!)
The organizers are working on determining a new date with park staff, and we’ll let you know about a date change as soon as possible.
If you registered for the event and cannot attend the new date, you will receive a refund.
December 21, 2021 by Michelle Kastner
All of us at Cascade Orienteering wish you and yours very happy holidays. We thank you for your continued support through this ongoing pandemic and we look forward to seeing you at more events in the new year. Join us for Bog Slog on Jan 2nd and Winter League #5 at Shoreview Park on Jan 8th.
