January 12th, 2026
Winter weather is expected in Raleigh this weekend, and the park expects to be closed or with limited access. We have decided to reschedule the event to May 10, 2026.
Those of you who have paid for the event can be issued credit or refunds. You will receive an email explaining your choices. Those who had no charges will need to register again for the event on May 10.
Everyone is welcome at our first Open Event at Umstead Park on January 25, May 10, 2026. In addition to all the Orienteering courses there will be an 80m Classic course.
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 will also have a beginners Q&A session starting at noon. If you are new to orienteering we recommend that you check out these short videos to prepare for the event.
Click the following button to go directly to the registration page.
Help with control pick-up would be greatly appreciated.
Vladimir and Tatyana
January 4th, 2026
Here are the eagerly awaited results from our fun, challenging New Year’s Day extravaganza. There was a bit of everything: forest running, quick thinking, mazes, confusion and cookies. It turns out that the bumble format was quite a challenge and the mazes required different mental involvement and concentration than our normal orienteering talents provide. While […]
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December 22nd, 2025
Join us again for a unique, fun experience on New Year’s Day. This time at Bond Park in Cary. We plan a mass start in the Multi-use Field 35.78342288, -78.826243093 at 11:00 am, but keep an eye on this page in case weather makes us change the start location. Be sure to arrive 30 minutes before start to pick up your map and get final instructions 15 minutes before the start.
We will be having a “short” Bumble. Quantico Orienteering has a good introduction to the concept of a bumble. https://www.qocweb.org/sites/default/files/Bumble_2024_Explanation.pdf The exciting twist to our New Year’s version of a Bumble will include a maze O for two of the windows, making for a maximum of 7 windows.
Beginners are also welcome to come out to try the Explorer course. Like a score O, find whatever controls you can. Explorers may start at 10:30am and must be done by 1pm. New orienteers coming out to try the explorer course should watch our introductory videos at the top of our newcomer information page.
For those not familiar with maze O, it’s a very small course, maybe 10m x 10m, taped off in the shape of, wait for it, a maze. You’ll have 7 or so controls and it goes faster than a sprint. Quick map reading is vital and seconds are crucial. For a visual similar to the map you’ll have, see these results from Cascade Orienteering
The rules for our combined Bumble + Maze O will be as follows:
- Everyone takes 4 or more windows of their choice.
- Everyone must do 2 mazes, which count as 2 of their total windows.
- A maze window may not be the first window taken.
- Two Mazes may not be done as back-to-back windows.
- Time limit is 90 minutes.
Registration will close at 5pm New Year’s Eve.
December 17th, 2025
What an awesome three days. Besides our regulars we had RadioO people from as far away as Oregon and Maryland. There were, however, some ups and some downs. One crazy thing that caused a bunch of trouble for the results was that the SI master that synchronizes all the controls was an hour off because […]
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December 8th, 2025
We had an open event at Schenck Forest on December 7, with about 50 people running advanced courses and 20 participating in the White/Yellow Score-O. The Score-O also featured a holiday twist: half the controls included trivia questions worth an extra point each. All questions were orienteering-themed. Curious what you missed? You can view the […]
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