We will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Please be sure to register by Friday, September 19th at 5pm. We may not be able to accommodate late registrations, since we’ll be busy Saturday with the JROTC event at Camp Lapihio

Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the east of the parking area. (GPS = 35.871668, -78.759166)

The event starts at 11.30 am and everybody must finish by 2.30 PM.
We will have all regular courses from beginner to advanced, White through Red. We are sharing the weekend with the Piedmont Champs for JROTC hosted on Saturday, so the expert courses will get to visit some complex terrain down by Camp Lapihio.

Additionally, there will be an 80m Classic radio orienteering course for experienced radio orienteers. This will not be for beginners as there will not be instruction available.

• An Orienteering Class (Video 14:24) This class video includes the information in the following two videos:
• An Orienteering Map Explained (Video 3:52)
• An Orienteering Thumb Compass Explained (Video 1:26)

Click the following button to go directly to the registration page. It’s September, so don’t forget to renew your annual pass if you need to.

We will use Livelox so you can see your route on the map after the event along with everyone else on your course. This is great both because you can learn a lot about route choice, and fun to see how others’ choices affected their run. The easiest way to use Livelox is to download the Livelox app to your phone. Then when you start open the app on your phone and click “Start Recording”. Then after the event, at 2:30, the event will be published on Livelox.com and you can select your “Class” which is the same as your course. Then you will be offered the event to choose so you can see your and everyone else’s routes. (You can also upload your route from your GPS watch.)

Help with control pick-up would be greatly appreciated.

Matt

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We will have an OPEN event at Schenck Forest on Sunday, September 7, 2025. The event starts at 12:00 PM and everybody must finish by 3:00 PM when we will begin control pickup. Check-in and map pickup will be at the shelter.

Remember that BOK memberships run through August. If you have not yet renewed for 2025-2026 (September through August), now is the time. Renew online at the BOK Store here.

Registration closed at 5 PM on Friday, September 5.

We will have all regular courses from beginner to expert, White through Red.

• White 1.8km 7 controls
• Yellow 2.3km 9 controls
• Orange 3.4km 8 controls
• Brown 3.7km 8 controls
• Green 5.3km 13 controls
• Red 7.0km 17 controls

We will also have a beginners Q&A session starting at 12:30 PM. If you are new to orienteering we recommend that you check out these short videos to prepare for the event.

• An Orienteering Class (Video 14:24) This class video includes the information in the following two videos:
• An Orienteering Map Explained (Video 3:52)
• An Orienteering Thumb Compass Explained (Video 1:26)

Note that the park prohibits the presence of dogs, even on a leash.

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