Here are the upcoming events for the St. Louis Orienteering Club. For events that are open for registration, please go to our Registration Page. Please register in advance in order to reserve a map and epunch stick.
2025 Membership Registration is now OPEN. There are additional options for 2025. Standard membership provides a discount at each event (even cheaper if registering 48 hours ahead of time). Subscription membership provides free entry to most events. Review the membership page for details.
- 2025-04-04/06 OUSA Event – the OCIN Flying Pig XXVII
- 2025-04-13 West Tyson County Park
- 2025-05-03 Meramec Night-O
- 2025-04-04/06 OUSA Event – the OCIN Flying Pig XXVII
This is NOT a SLOC event, but worth sharing.
April 4-6, 2025
Perhaps not discussed enough in the club, SLOC is a club under the umbrella of OrienteeringUSA . This is the national governing body for orienteering, and thus they sanction some national events every year. One such event is in its twenty-seventh year and organized by OCIN (Orienteering Cincinnati). This year the event is being held around Indianapolis, a short 4-5 hour drive from St. Louis, so it may be an opportunity for some of us to participate in a National Event.
If you’ve never seen a national orienteering event, it’s quite different from our local meets. The effort, rigor and detail that goes into these events is impressive and something to be seen. This is a 3 day event with 3 separate locations and courses. Start times are assigned in advance, you don’t get to look at your map until your time starts, and there are a lot more competitors. It also has a lot more socializing resulting from the large number of travelers and only orienteering for a couple of hours each day.
There is some limited information now, but the link below is to the official event page. Some from the club have discussed going, so far with just some miscellaneous interest communicated. If there are club members that are interested and/or registered we’d like to know. It’d be nice to stay in touch as a club, have a club dinner, or coordinate travel. Reach out to a club leader.
- 2025-04-13 West Tyson County Park
Come out for an adventure among the flowering dogwoods! West Tyson has some hills. Quite a few hills. So, we’ll decrease the distance a bit to compensate. Whether your first orienteering experience, or you’re thousandth, it’ll be a lot of fun. At the moment, we’re planning for three “point-to-point” courses (you have to go in order). You can start anytime between 10:00 am and Noon.
Date: Sunday, April 13
Location: West Tyson County Park. We have the Chubb Trail shelter reserved but there might be a remote start.
Time: Courses open at 10:00 am. First start 10:00 am. Last start Noon. Courses close at 2:00 pm.
Courses:
- White (Beginner), Distance 1-2 km
- Orange (Intermediate), Distance 3-5 km
- Red (Advanced), Distance 6-8 km
Meet Director: Mark Geldmeier
- 2025-05-03 Meramec Night-O
A nighttime orienteering event is planned for the evening of Saturday, May 3rd. It’s been a while since we’ve held an event in the dark. Dust off your headlamp and head down to Meramec State Park. We’re also planning a short middle distance event for Sunday morning. Join for one or both. Camp at the group campsite or glamp at the cabins.
Date/Time: Saturday, May 3rd..Night-O in the evening. Start after sunset. Sunday, May 4th, short middle course point-to-point event.
Location: Meramec State Park
Meet Director: Eric Buckley