Events

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

    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.

    https://www.ocin.org/events.php

  • 2025-04-13 West Tyson County Park

    Come out for an adventure among the flowering dogwoods. West Tyson is hilly so expect a little climb. But with the warmer temperatures and longer days, the trees and flowers should be in prime springtime glory. Whether this is your first orienteering experience, or your thousandth…it’ll be tons of fun.

    Registration Open

    Date: Sunday, April 13

    Location: West Tyson County Park. Chubb Trail Shelter. There will be orienteering signs from the main entrance (at the Outer Road) to the shelter. Parking is tight at West Tyson. Plan on spending a few minutes to find a spot along the road or in one of the small lots. Most likely you’ll have a 5-10 minute walk to get to the shelter.

    Time: Courses open at 10:00 am. First start 10:00 am. Last start Noon. Courses close at 3:00 pm.

    Courses: 

      Meet Notes: The courses have been designed by long-time SLOC member Rick Armstrong. They are point-to-point (you have to go in order). The Yellow course is generally along trails. The trail can be slippery and there is one long climb. The Yellow course control markers can be seen from the trail but not all the time. If you’re not paying attention to your map, you can easily miss one. The advanced course includes the option of switching from Red to Green while on the course. At CP #5, you decide whether to continue to #6 (Red course) or to #11 (Green course). In addition, the advanced course uses one of the CPs twice. Be careful to head in the right direction after punching.

      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