Sunday, April, 25th the St. Louis Orienteering Club returns to the beautiful S Bar F Boy Scout Ranch, centered around Nim Lake. This will be a 2-hour Score-O where you can find the control flags in any order [may have a 1-hour version also].
Registration starts at 10:00Mass start at 11:00
S Bar F Scout Ranch is 10 minutes south of Farmington120 US-67, Farmington, MO 63640
Updated: March 24, 2021
The In Person registration has closed but you can still register for the virtual event and it will be open until April 3rd. If you are a member, you will need your member coupon code that should have been sent to you via email to get your free registrations by inputting the code when you checkout of the shopping cart on the web page.
The Virtual registration is accessible (here).
In Person Event: This will occur on March 27th. Registration starts at 9:00 with start times running until 11 AM. Course closes at Noon. Registration will be online only, and will close on March 24th. There will be 2 course – a beginner course and advanced course.
Virtual Event: This will occur anytime (on your own) between March 25th and April 3rd. It will be the same courses offer in the In Person event (beginner and advanced) and the controls/flags will be out the entire time. The virtual event registration will also be online only, and at registration completion, you will be send a downloadable pdf of the course to print at home.
Course Format for Virtual and In-Person: David Fisher has designed a beginner’s 2.7 KM course and an advanced 5 KM course to take you through the lesser known areas of this awesome park. The course format is point-to-point which means that you must get each point in order. If you can’t find a point, then you can move on to the next one. Bring a stopwatch and keep your own time. There is no time limit. Please share your times as desired to Josh Borgmeyer at jb.balancedbody@gmail.com and all results will be posted to the website following the event. Have fun!
Please wear a mask for the in-person event which can then be removed once you start the course. Thank you.
Update: 2/8/2021: February 11th is the last day to register and guarantee you receive a shirt. February 25th is the last do to register for the event.
Update: 1/18/2021 – Registration Open, but check for updates. Register HERE.
Plans are well underway for this year’s event. Permits underway, start/finish location secured, mapping progressing! Once we’ve finalize a few of the other details, complete details and registration will be posted.
When: 2/27/21, Map distribution 7 am, Start time 8 am sharp!, Finish cutoff 4 pm
Where: start/finish is at Osage Beach City Park
Price: $75 per person. You’ll receive 1:24000 myTOPO map, long sleeve shirt, post race meal, swag, prizes and 8 hrs of fun!
Who: You and your friend. You can sign up solo but we are encouraging teams of 2-5 people for safety.
Please keep Covid and Social distancing in mind when around HQ. The meals will be boxed.
Gary Thompson will be setting an 8hr Rogaine style course at Lake of the Ozarks State Park. If you thought last year was easy(no one said that) come check out this years course! Maybe someone can actually clear one of his courses this year.
A Rogaine format is find as many checkpoints as possible in the allotted time. Don’t be late getting back to the start/finish, that’s minus points. Check the instructions as the checkpoints are worth different values!
More info and registration coming soon
Updated January 25th, 2021 – Now Live -> Register HERE
Due to St. Louis County Covid restrictions, this will be a DIY event. Online registration is opened for this event. Online registration will result in sending a download link for the course map to print at home. Then enjoy the courses and send your times and results to yvonnedeyo@yahoo.com
When: The courses will be open from 12 noon January 23, 2021 to park closing on January 31, 2021. During this timeframe, participants may run their course anytime the park is open.
Registration: All participants will be required to sign up online for the event. Maps and clue sheets download link will be part of the registration confirmation email.
Courses: Yellow (beginner), Orange (intermediate), Green (advanced – shorter distance), and Red (advanced – longer distance) courses will be offered.
There will be a NEW start and finish location this year!!
Map Printing: Please note that maps should be printed on 11×17 paper, or you can copy the course onto an existing map.
COVID: Participants are asked to only run the course with family members, not to exceed 10 individuals.
Masks are required and social distancing will be required in the park.
Masks can be taken off once the individual is adequately spaced apart from other members of the public.
Participants are asked not to congregate after they run the course and immediately leave the area.· Send your result in as indicated on your registration email. Results will be posted online.
Come celebrate the holidays by spending time in the woods! We’ll be setting up both beginning and intermediate point-to-point courses at one of St Charles County’s best parks, Indian Camp Creek
The courses will be available from December 24th, 2020 through Saturday January 2nd, 2021.
Participants can choose to do the course on their own anytime during those dates, or come out with the group on January 2, 2021 at 9:00 am.
Registration: Please register online ahead of time –>. Indian Camp Creek Holiday-O
Beginner course: $10 per adult, $5 per youth, $30 max per family. $0 for members.
Intermediate course: $20 per adult, $5 per youth, $30 max per family. $0 for members.
Both 2020 and 2021 members may use their memberships for this meet. Only 2021 members will be able to use their membership at the Babler meet on January 23 so be sure to renew your membership for 2021 today!
Format: We’ll give you a pre-marked map with the checkpoints on it. In a Point-to-point course, the checkpoints must be found in the order specified on the map. We’ll have a short beginner course (2.9 km) and a longer intermediate course (7.9 km) available to chose from.
Virtual Option: If you do the event on your own, you can either pick up the map (with checkpoints pre-marked) at the meet director’s house in Cottleville/St Peters at any time (they’ll be outside the front door). Or, you can have a scanned digital version sent via email. Email the meet director at mckelley24@gmail.com ahead of time to ensure a map is ready and waiting. Once you get the map, you can go to Indian Camp Creek at any time between December 24, 2020 and January 2, 2021. For safety, it’s recommended you inform someone of your plans. It’s also suggested you email your plan and emergency contacts to the meet director. Start at the youth camping area and track your time. Remember, your goal is to get all points in the order specified on the map. When you’re done, send your time and a picture of the punch card to the meet director. The checkpoints will be taken down after the Group start option on January 2.
Group Start Option: Your map will be waiting for you at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 2 (please pre-register). You can start the course anytime between 9:00-10:30 am. We are using Epunch for the group start so if you have your own SI card please provide your SI number in your registration. If you don’t have your own SI card, no worries, we’ll have one you can use.
Additional details:
· Please social distance at all times.
· Hand sanitizer will be available.
· Maps will be pre-marked and placed with punch card into map cases.
· We’ll be using manual punches (not electronic) for the virtual option and Epunch for the Group start option
· We will have bottled water and a few prepackaged snacks for after you finish. If you would like water/snacks on the course, please bring your own.
· Results will not be announced at the finish. We like you, but socializing is discouraged
Meet Directors: Scott Kelley (fisharepeople2@gmail.com) & Melissa Kelley (mckelley24@gmail.com)
Mark Geldmeier is hosting a 3hr and 1hr Score – O format Orienteering meet at one of the most beautiful parks in the state! Come work off all that turkey and stuffing!
*** Due to increasing COVID-19 cases in Missouri, this year’s event will look a little different. We hope these adjustments will make this a safe and fun event for everyone. ***
The course will be set up and available from Wednesday, November 25th through Saturday, December 5th.
Participants can choose to do the course on their own anytime during those dates, or join the group start at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 28.
Registration: Please register online ahead of time.
Register Here –> Hawn Turkey-O
Format: A “score O” format lets participants choose their own route and get as many checkpoints as possible in the time allotted. You can select either 1 hour or 3 hours. There are 28 checkpoints. Five of the checkpoints are worth 3 points (noted on the clue sheet with an asterick). All other checkpoints are worth 1 point. Get as many as you can, in any order. But if you’re late, there’s a penalty of 1 point per minute.
Virtual Option: If you do the event on your own, you can either pick up the map (with checkpoints pre-marked) at the meet director’s house in Kirkwood/Glendale at any time (they’ll be outside in a cooler). Or, you can have a scanned digital version sent via email. The hard-copy is much nicer! Email the meet director to insure a map is ready and waiting. Once you get the map, you can go to Hawn at any time. For safety, it’s recommended you inform someone of your plans. It’s also suggested you email your plan and emergency contacts to the meet director. Start at the main shelter and track your time. Remember, you goal is to get as many as you can in either 1 hour or 3 hours. When you’re done, send your time and a picture of the punch card to the meet director.
Group Start Option: Your map will be waiting for you at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 28 (please pre-register). We’ll start at 11:00 am, but there will likely be multiple starts depending on the number of participants.
Additional details:
· Please social distance at all times.
· Hand sanitizer will be available.
· Maps will be pre-marked and placed with punch card into map cases.
· We’ll be using manual punches (not electronic).
· Since the checkpoints are being placed ahead of time, it’s possible they could disappear.
· No water and no food will be provided. Please bring your own.
· Results will not be announced at the finish. We like you, but socializing is discouraged.
Meet Director: Mark Geldmeier mgeldmeier@earthlink.net ; cell: 314-966-0180
<Registration Closed – At Capacity>
Come check out one of St. Louis’ great county parks. Jeff Sona is setting the course on a freshly updated map. This park has everything for learning to Orienteer or just brushing up on your skills. Cliffs, woods, trails, open paths, cave, and lots of depressions. Multiple courses will be offered
Bring the family and a compass!
Pre-register here ->
Join us for a Halloween Orienteering event at Cliff Cave. There will be a score-o and a dog bone course offered. We are asking that everyone pre-register for our events so we can minimize registration interactions during this time of Covid.
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The link to the liability waiver is here ->Liability Waiver
Come check out Kirkwood City park at night! Bring a flashlight, a mask, a compass, and some friends or family! This is SLOC’s longest running orienteering event.
Due to the Covid – 19 Pandemic, we have some restrictions on this event:
Other details:
Course Designer: The infamous David Frei
Course Director: Josh Borgmeyer.
Questions: Send nice emails only with polite requests to Josh at jb.balancedbody@gmail.com or text/call 314-330-3479.
Hope to see you there!
Our friends at Rolla Multi Sport are putting together another edition of a classic adventure race. Grab your compass and some buddies and register by 8/1
https://berrymanadventurerace.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=13117
Welcome to the St. Louis Orienteering virtual Forest Park event.
Expect the controls to be in the park by 5pm Thursday
Read the control descriptions – the text descriptions. You will not find #10 if you do not!
There will be an orienteering course setup this weekend where you can print the course map and run the course at your leisure. Starting at 4pm on Thursday, August 27th you will be able to download and print a pdf version of the map. The map will have a point-to-point orienteering course marked on it that includes the Start/Finish location as well as 12 additional locations to visit. With a point-to-point course, you are expected to visit each location (control) in numerical order. There are multiple route options to get from one control to another, so chose the route of your choice. Once you see the map, you will see that you could visit all of the controls in a more efficient manner if you didn’t go in numeric order. With this event, you are on your honor to go in order if you are going to submit your time for the competition.
A couple of notes about the course and about Forest Park:
• Forest Park is a busy park, and we will be putting out temporary controls on Thursday afternoon. They will be small signs with the control number in a small ziplock bag. We’ve made an attempt to keep them out of high traffic areas, but it is possible that these controls might get removed. If you’re in the right place and don’t see it, just move on.
• There are not any expectations that you would be in rough or wet terrain. You should not need to go through any high grasses, and the rivers and lakes in Forest Parks are out of bounds. As much as you may want to, you cannot swim across the lakes!
• I have attached detailed descriptions of what you will find at the control location. These descriptions are more detailed that normal orienteering controls because we’ve tried to “hide” controls from the general public so they hopefully will stay in place all weekend. (specifically, look at control #10!)
There are currently many 12 foot tall arches throughout the course that have been added to the park for the Shakespeare Festival. These are NOT added to the map, but enjoy the arches!
If you want to run this like a real, hard core orienteering event, print your map but don’t look at it until you get to the start and you’ve started your stopwatch. You can look at the control descriptions ahead of time. Of course, this is not required!
Email your results to Bryan.Niehaus@gmail.com with names and times if you’d like your results published on our website and you can see how you did compared to others.
When:
Start: 5pm, Thursday August 27
End: 8am, Monday August 31 (control will be collected sometime Monday)
Start / Finish:
The Start / Finish is at the Southwest corner of the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park (out the outside of the fence). There is a large parking lot just to the east of the tennis courts and it’s a short walk to the start / finish.
Parking Lot: Google Maps Link
Control Locations
Start/Finish: The southwest corner of the tennis courts on the outside of the fence, near the corner light pole
1 Next to lake, landscape boundary
2 South end of stone wall
3 Boundary between field and forest (look at trees at edge of forest)
4 Boundary between forest a open field.
5 Next to lake, vegetation boundary. Very short trail to get to lake.
6 Southwest side of stone wall. Walk down to stream and look left.
7 Vegetation boundary – open field and thick grasses
8 Bottom of stone wall
9 Dead tree in rough tall grasses.
10 Eastern most tree in sidewalk triangle. (from under the tree, look UP in the branches)
11 Distinctive tree west side
12 Stony ground east of river boundary.