CROC holds quarterly board meetings. All members may attend.

Meeting dates are generally scheduled for: first Monday of December, March and June, and the second Monday of September, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The meeting location may vary. Meetings may be online or in-person.

Please go to About > Contact and email us to find out where the next meeting will be, and to confirm the actual date.

• Columbia Park Short Course

• July 23, 2025 6:30-8:00 p.m.

• Columbia Park in north Portland

• For CROC members only

For those who don’t like hills, Columbia Park is for you. There are no contour lines on the map! So there is a lot of opportunity to run fast and navigate accurately. This sprint course of about 2.2 k will let you practice quick direction changes, accuracy and route choice.

As with all Short Courses there are no results, no e-punch, no cost; just one course for fun.

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by July 21 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy Wiselogle.

• Pier Park Short Course

• July 16, 2025 6:30-8:00 p.m.

• Pier Park in North Portland

• For CROC members only

In July CROC offers four Wednesday evening Short Courses in the Portland area to give members a chance to get some exercise and go orienteering after work. These Short Courses have no results, no e-punch, no cost; just one course for fun.

Pier Park in the St. Johns neighborhood of North Portland offers shady paths, small hills and reentrants, and a popular disc golf course (watch out for flying objects). 

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by June 30 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions contact trainer Amy Winston or training coordinator  Anndy Wiselogle.

Advance registration is required for this event

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment) and helps the meet director and results coordinator prepare for the meet! Plus, you can see who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick info

• Advance online registration required, deadline Thursday, July 10, 11:00pm

• Courses: Offering courses for all skill levels. Classic point-to-point orienteering format

• TImes: Check in opens at 10:30. Start your course anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.

• Everyone welcome, members and nonmembers

• Event director: Tere Enburg assisted by Debby Wenzel

• Course design (orange, brown & green and red) Alison Stone

• Course design (white and yellow) Debby Wenzel

Event Overview

On the banks of the Willamette River, Willamette Mission is large and mostly flat. There is a mix of runnable open fields and trails through dense forest. Due to enthusiastic stinging nettles in some areas of the park, wearing long pants or running tights and gators is highly recommended on the intermediate and advanced courses.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, the rental cost is included in your registration fee. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC thanks our land management partner Oregon State Parks.

Purchase an E-Punch stick! 

At this event we are offering a limited number of Epunch sticks for purchase.  We made a bulk purchase and are passing the discounted price to you!  These are Sportident SI Card 9 that sell individually for $50, but our discounted price is $39.  These are NOT SI-AIR enabled.  

When you have your own E-punch stick, you save $5 at every event!  
Order when you register for Willamette Mission and pick up when you check in at the event.

New to orienteering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Start Windows

For this event we’re using assigned 30 minute start windows between 11 AM and 1 PM. This spreads participants over the entire two hour start window instead of a big rush at the beginning, and Increases space between competitors running the same course.

Please choose your start window during registration. The earlier you register, the better chance you have of a preferred window. If you arrive early for your start window, you may be asked to wait. If you're late, no worries, we’ll allow you to start when we have an opening. It's a guideline, not a firm rule.

Times

• Beginner clinics: 11:00 am and 11:30 am

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm (controls will be picked up)

(All teams must check out through the course finish area before leaving, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.)

Courses

There is close to zero climb on all courses.

• White: Beginner (2 km, 12 controls, on trail navigation)

• Yellow: Beginner / Intermediate (3.7 km, 11 controls, on-trail and near-trail navigation)

• Orange: Intermediate (4.7 km, 12 controls, controls off-trail, moderate navigational challenge)

• Brown: Short Advanced (4.2 km, 10 controls, controls off-trail, high navigational challenge)

• Green: Advanced (6.5 km, 18 controls controls off-trail, high navigational challenge)

• Red/Blue Advanced long course (7.2 km, 22 controls, long course with high navigational challenge)

Registration and other costs

Park Fee: Oregon State Parks charges $10 for day use, $30 for a 12 month pass and $50 for a 24 month pass. The day pass fee may be paid at the entrance station before you enter the park.

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price - groups of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club (Join CROC)

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch (Buy your own epunch)

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a few days after the event.

Driving directions and location

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event:

45.0797, -123.0494

Click these coordinates for a Google map link, or copy/paste these coordinates into Google maps or your smartphone mapping app to get a map and driving directions to the event.

Driving directions from Portland:

• From Portland city center, take I-5 south about 35 miles. Take exit 263, and head west.

• Go west about 4 miles then take a right on Wheatland Road.

• Go north on Wheatland Road about 4 miles, and turn left turn into the park.

• Cook Family Park Short Course

• Wednesday, July 9  6:30-8:00 p.m.

• Cook Family Park in Tigard

• For CROC members only

Cook Family Park in Tigard has recently had changes to become a family park, and CROC has just completed a new map! Here’s an opportunity to practice navigating through an urban park that borders the Tualatin River.

The Training Committee offers four Wednesday evening Short Courses in July for a little practice and exercise on a summer evening. Start between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. and finish by 8:00. There is no cost, no e-punch timing, no results, just fun.

Short Courses are for CROC members only, for no cost. Register here by July 7 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Erik Scharffenberg or training coordinator  Anndy Wiselogle.

• Member Training: Short Course: Mt. Tabor

• Wednesday, July 2, 2025 6:30-8:00 p.m.

• Mt. Tabor Park in SE Portland

• For CROC members only

In July CROC offers four Wednesday evening Short Courses in the Portland area to give you a chance to get some exercise and go orienteering after work. These Short Courses have no results, no e-punch, no cost; just one course for fun.

This course in the wooded ravines on the west side of Mt. Tabor is about 2.5 k long, with controls marked by white streamers. As a bonus to mark the upcoming national holiday, the map will also offer some extra controls near the mapped course, marked with red and blue streamers. Finding these bonus controls is your choice.

You often hear the words “cinder cone,” and “volcanic butte” linked with Mt. Tabor, so there will be some climbing.

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by June 30 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Virginia Church or training coordinator  Anndy Wiselogle.

• Phone Orienteering

• June 28, 2025 10:00 a.m. - noon

• Memorial Park in Wilsonville

• For CROC members only

“Phone Orienteering” is a fun exercise, and we promise you’ll learn something!

Here’s how it works: You and a partner are connected via mobile phones. You get the map, and while comfortably sipping your lemonade, you direct your partner where to go to locate the half dozen controls on the map. When they complete the loop, then you switch roles, and your partner directs you over the phone to the other half dozen controls.

Everyone has a chance to be the “control freak” and to be the “boots on the ground.”

Required: a charged-up mobile phone, and a compass will be useful. [Not your old land line]

This workshop is for CROC members only; and there is no fee.

Phone-O starts at 10:00 a.m. sharp, so we can form teams and get started. Maps will be given out at the training, and people will be paired by orienteering speed.

Phone O is offered at no cost for members of CROC. Register by Thursday, June 26,  by using the on-line waiver.  For questions and suggestions, contact training coordinator Anndy Wiselogle. Once you register, we’ll send you the exact start location.

Quick Info

• Online pre-registration required, no event-day registration

• Registration deadline: Thursday, June 19, 11:00 pm

• Location: Reed College, SE Portland Map

• Courses: One course for all skill levels. One-person relay with multiple maps.

• Check-in: 10:00 am - 11:00 am 

• Start: Mass start at 11:30 am

• Epunch stick (Si-9) available for purchase as part of registration see below for details

• Event Director: Virginia Church

Event overview

The Reed College campus features a complex mixture of buildings, passageways, paths, and diverse urban features: the perfect setup for sprint orienteering. In this style of orienteering, participants are faced with many route choices and are called on to make quick navigation decisions. 

The course, designed by Ali Crocker, is the same for all entrants: a series of short loops (A, B, C) that everyone will complete, but not in the same order! Focusing on your own maps will be the challenge.

Join the chaos and fun! Just because it's called a Sprint doesn't mean that you have to sprint!  Let the sprinters enjoy their sprinting while you enjoy the courses at your own speed. 

For competitors who have an SI-AIR+ e-punch, the controls will have that capability. See explanation below.

CROC thanks Reed College for permission to use the campus for this event.

E-Punch

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, the rental cost is included in your registration fee. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

SI-AIR+ We've enabled the air punch capability on our controls. This will only change things for folks with an SI-AIR+ e-punch (none of our rental e-sticks have this capability). If you have your own e-punch and aren't sure if it is air+ compatible, check if your e-stick number is between 8,000,001 and 8,999,999. 

So what does this change? E-punches that are compatible should register arriving at a control about 1ft away from it. Once it registers, the e-punch, rather than the control, will beep and flash to let you know you have punched the control.  The recommended technique is to place your hand with the e-Punch on the control, then bring it up to your ear to listen for the confirmation beep. Our hope is that this will enable our competitively inclined participants to practice running through controls, particularly the finish.

Purchase an E-Punch stick! At this event we are offering a limited number of Epunch sticks for purchase. We made a bulk purchase and are passing the discounted price to you! These are Sportident SI Card 9 that sell individually for $50, but our discounted price is $39. These are NOT SI-AIR enabled.

When you have your own E-punch stick, you save $5 at every event! Order when you register for Reed College Sprints and pickup when you check in at the event.

New to Orientering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members, and beginners are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• A free beginner clinic will be offered at this event.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Times

• Check-in 10:00am - 11:00am

• Beginner clinic time 10:30 am

• Instructions 11:15 am

• Mass start at 11:30 am

• Course closes 1:30 pm
  (Please check out through the course finish area before leaving, even if you do not finish the course or return after the course closes.)

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Registration

• Advance online registration is required. There is no event day registration.

• Registration deadline: June 19, 11:00pm

• Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email CROC Registrar to request a refund and we’ll work it out.

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price, teams of 2 or more
  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club  (Join CROC)
  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch  (Buy own epunch)

Online registration link coming here soon

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a few days after the event.

Driving directions and map to event

Google map link

Latitude longitude coordinates of event:  45.4835, -122.6310

Copy/paste these latitude longitude coordinates into Google maps or your smartphone mapping app to get a map and driving  directions to the event.

Park in the North parking lots accessed at SE 33rd Ave and SE Steele Street and follow directions to the event center. If the lots are full, you can park on the sides of SE Steele St.

The running track south of Steele St. provides a good place to warm up.

CROC holds quarterly board meetings. All members may attend.

Meeting dates are generally scheduled for: first Monday of December, March and June, and the second Monday of September, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The meeting location may vary. Meetings may be online or in-person.

Please go to About > Contact and email us to find out where the next meeting will be, and to confirm the actual date.

Advance registration is required for this event

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment)

• Simplifies processing the results

• Helps meet directors know how many maps to print

• See who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick Info

• Online pre-registration required, no event day registration

• Registration deadline: Friday, May 16, 11:00pm

• Location: Hamilton Island near Cascade Locks in the Columbia River Gorge - map

• Courses: Classic point-to-point orienteering format. Different courses for all skill levels.

• Series: This is the third event in our 2025 Classic Series competition! Take the best 4 of 5 races throughout the season and see how you compare to others in your category! More information on the 2025 Classic Series page.

• Start: Anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

• Event Director: Becky Bruns

Event Overview

Hamilton Island was initially "discovered" for Americans by Lewis and Clark in 1805, and they named it Strawberry Island. That name was eventually changed to Hamilton Island in honor of a Samuel M. Hamilton, a nearby land owner in the mid 1800s. The island stopped being a real island in the 1970s when construction debris for the Bonneville North Power house filled in one of the surrounding waterways.

 Our map of Hamilton has been updated to reflect recent changes. The terrain is mostly wide open in all directions with scattered copses. There is one large low hill to go around or climb multiple times. There are marshy areas, some thickets, and shorelines. You can enjoy beautiful river gorge views and lots of wildlife.

You may encounter blackberry vines and thistles. The areas covered by blackberries have been updated somewhat, although mowing may change their configuration or have added a trail or two through patches. Lower leg protection / gaiters are recommended on the more advanced courses.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, the rental cost is included in your registration fee. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC thanks our land management partner the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Member Training

At this event, we will offer a special FREE training workshop (for CROC members only) from 10:00-11:00 - Compass Use and Distance Determination.  If you would like to participate in this workshop, you can sign up on the workshop webpage or on your registration for the Hamilton Island Classic orienteering event. 

Start Windows

For this event we’re using assigned 30 minute start windows between 11 am and 1 pm. This spreads participants over the entire two hour start window instead of a big rush at the beginning, easing the workload on event volunteers.

Please choose your start window during registration. The earlier you register, the better chance you have of a preferred window. If you arrive early for your start window, you may be asked to wait. If you're late, no worries, we’ll allow you to start when we have an opening. It's a guideline, not a firm rule.

New to Orientering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members, and beginners are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Times

• Check in and map handout: opens at 10:30 am

• Beginner clinics: 11:00 am and 11:30 am

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am - 1 pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm

  (All teams must check out through the course finish area before leaving, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.)

Courses

• White (beginners and kids) 2.5 km, navigationally easy, all on trails

• Yellow (novice) 3.2 km, navigationally easy, mostly trails, with simple route choices

• Orange (intermediate) 5.5 km . 70 m, navigationally more difficult with route choices

• Brown (short advanced) 4.7 km / 65m, off trail navigation, more elevation gain with more challenging route choices. Leg protection recommended.

• Green (medium advanced): 5.7 km / 80m, off trail navigation. more elevation gain with more challenging route choices. Leg protection recommended.

• Red (long advanced): 6.4 km / 85m, off trail navigation, most elevation gain with more challenging route choices. Leg protection recommended.

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Registration and other costs

• Advance online registration is required. There is no event day registration.

• Application deadline: Friday, May 16, 11:00pm

• Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email CROC Registrar to request a refund and we’ll work it out.
  
  

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price, teams of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club (Join CROC)

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch (Buy own epunch)

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a few days after the event.

Driving directions and map to event

Latitude longitude coordinates of event: 45.6337, -121.9788

Click for a Google map, or copy/paste these latitude longitude coordinates into Google maps or your smartphone mapping app to get a map and driving directions to the event.

Note:

• There will NOT be a CROC sign on Highway 14, as the locals like to (ahem) remove them. 

• The event center is at the baseball field in North Bonneville, NOT at the parking lot near the river as in the past few years. See directions and map below.

Driving directions from Portland (allow about 1 hour):

1. Drive east on I 84, take Exit 44 at Cascade Locks.

2. Cross the Bridge of the Gods into Washington (Toll $2).

3. Turn left (west) onto Hwy 14 and go approx. 4 miles.

4. Turn left at the Chevron station in the town of North Bonneville.

5.  In 200 feet, take a right onto Cascade Dr. Follow the blue signs to the ball field.  In 0.4 miles, take a left onto Portage Drive.  Go to the end of Portage Drive.

Member Training - Compass Use and Distance Determination

1. May 18, 2025 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. 

2. Hamilton Island, Columbia Gorge

3. For CROC members only

Learn about using a compass to orient your map and follow bearings, and how to figure how far in the terrain is one centimeter on the map. Trainer Bjorn Freeman-Benson has planned several exercises to practice these techniques which are essential to good navigation. After the training you can apply these skills to an orienteering meet at the same location; register separately for the meet.

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by May 16 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions and suggestions contact training coordinator Anndy Wiselogle.

• Matching Map to Terrain: Map Symbols and Keeping in Touch with the Map

• April 26, 2025 10:00 a.m. - noon 

• Gabriel Park in SW Portland

• For CROC members only

In this workshop we’ll learn the orienteering map symbols, including contour lines and terrain features, and how to use them to navigate to your destination. We’ll do a group walk-about through the terrain to learn how features are represented on the map, and then there’s a short orienteering course to practice your new knowledge. This is good for new members and people who want to strengthen their map-reading skills.

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost.

Register here by April 24 and we’ll send you the exact starting point.

For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy.

Advance online registration is required for this event

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment)

• Simplifies processing the results

• Helps meet directors know how many maps to print

• See who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick Info

• Online pre-registration required, no event day registration

• Registration deadline: Thursday, April 17, 11:00pm

• Location: Mt Tabor park in SE Portland; picnic area near visitor center and playground on north side of the park.

• Courses: Four different courses for all skill levels. Classic point-to-point orienteering format

• Series: This is the second event in our 2025 Classic Series competition! Take the best 4 of 5 races throughout the season and see how you compare to others in your category! More information on the 2025 Classic Series page.

• Start: Anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. Courses close at 3:00 pm. Please choose a 30 minute start window during registration

• Event Director: Michael Reid

Event Overview

Happy spring! It must be time for CROC’s season kick-off orienteering event at Mt. Tabor Park in southeast Portland. We have an event here most every year, and it is one of our most popular venues, offering hills, water bodies, great urban views and an urban volcano.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, we provide one for you for a slight additional cost. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC also has two permanent orienteering courses at Mt. Tabor, if you would like to try this terrain on your own for free at any time. (Of course, the permanent course control points are different). See the CROC website under "Get Better > Permanent Courses" for more details.

CROC thanks our land management partner Portland Parks and Recreation.

There is a small parking area close to the event center, but that will probably be full. You can park to the east of that along the road, in the areas marked in purple on the map below.

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact

route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

New to Orientering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at 11 and 11:30. Choose which one you like during registration.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Times

• Beginner clinics: 11:00 am and 11:30am

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm

  (All teams must check out through the course finish area before leaving, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.)

Courses

• White (first timers & kids) about 1.9 km, navigationally easy, all on trails

• Yellow (novice): about 2.5 km, navigationally easy with simple route choices

• Orange (intermediate): about 3.5 km, moderate elevation gain, more challenging route choices.

• Green (long advanced): about 5 km, most elevation gain with challenging route choices

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour long.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Registration and other costs

• Advance online registration is required. There is no event day registration.

• Application deadline: Thurs, April 17, 11:00pm

• Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.
  
  

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price, teams of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club (Join CROC)

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch (Buy your own epunch)

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a few days after the event.

Directions and map to event 

45.5150, -122.5960

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event site. Copy and paste these into a mapping app on your phone or Google maps to get a map and driving directions to this location.

The event start and finish is the (former site) of a large covered picnic area at the north end of the park, near the main parking area by the visitor center and the playground.

Here’s an interactive Google map of the event location.

Training for CROC Youth orienteering league.

See complete details here.

Advance online registration is required for this event.

Quick info

• Advanced online registration required, deadline March 27, 9:00pm

• Courses: Five different courses for all skill levels.

• Times: Map handout opens at 10:30. Start your course anytime between 11:00am and 1:00 pm. All courses close at 3 pm.

• This is the first event in our 2025 Classic Series competition! Take the best 4 of 5 races throughout the season and see how you compare to others in your category! More information on the 2025 Classic Series page.

• Everyone welcome, members, nonmembers, families, pets, and youth groups.

• Courses set by: Mike Holliday and Anndy Wiselogle

• Event director: Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Event Overview

Stub Stewart State Park is hilly and very forested and one of the meet director’s favorite local maps. The navigational and physical challenges for this event are higher than our typical local CROC meets, so choose your course with this in mind, and start early, especially for the advanced courses. 

The park map has been substantially updated this year!  This year’s advanced courses will make use of a newly mapped area and areas re-mapped for forest thinning, thanks to Mike Bruns, Nick Appelmans and Bjorn Freeman-Benson.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, the rental cost is included in your registration fee. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC thanks our land management partner Oregon State Parks and Aaron Raines, our incredibly supportive Stub Stewart Park Manager.

Courses

Preliminary Course  Distance / Climb (color codes)

• White:  Beginner  2.7 km  /  55m; 1:5000 scale

• Yellow:  Beginner / Intermediate  3.0 km  /  70m; 1:5000 scale

• Orange:  Intermediate  3.8 km /  100m; 1:7500 scale

• Brown: Advanced Short   3.1 km /  90m; 1:7500 scale

• Green: Advanced Medium   4.3 km  / 185m; 1:7500 scale

New to Orientering? Welcome!

• Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Times

• Beginner clinics: 11:00 am and 11:30 am. Choose your preferred time when you register.

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am - 1 pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm (controls will be picked up). Everybody must punch in at the finish and download their times even if they do not finish their course. This is how we make sure that everyone returns safely.

Venue Notes

This venue is a very hilly, forest park with lots of vegetation and stumps from past logging operations.  

The Orange/Brown/Green courses are more physically challenging than most of our local events. The off-trail areas of the park are typically full of vegetation and/or debris from forest thinning operations and one must step carefully. Route choice will affect the off trail distance for a course but some off-trail time will be required. There is minimal blackberry or other thorny vegetation. Leg and arm coverings and gaiters are recommended.

Park ONLY in designated areas. Do not park along the side of the road, you probably will get a ticket, no fun. If the main day use parking area is full, continue about half a mile farther to the overflow Clayhill Horse Staging parking area. Park along the side of that area and leave the center area open for horse trailers.

If you often take more than 2 hours to do your course, please start between 11 am and noon to be sure that you finish BEFORE 3 pm. We recommend that anyone running an advanced course start before noon.

Registration and other costs

Park Fee: Oregon State Parks charges $10 for day use, $30 for a 12 month pass and $50 for a 24 month pass. The day pass fee may be paid at either the welcome center (one mile after entering the park) or at the "iron ranger" fee box in each parking lot (exact change required.)

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price - groups of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club (Join CROC)

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch (Buy your own epunch)

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a day or two after the event.

Driving directions and location

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event: 45.7414, -123.1864

Copy/paste these coordinates into Google or your smartphone mapping app to get a map and driving directions to the event.

• Google Maps

• Apple Maps

Advance online registration coming here soon

Quick info

• Advanced online registration required, deadline Sept 25, 11:00pm

• Courses: Five different courses for all skill levels.

• Times: Map handout opens at 10:30. Start your course anytime between 11:00am and 1:00 pm. All courses close at 3 pm.

• This is part of our 2025 Classic Series competition! Take the best 4 of 5 races throughout the season and see how you compare to others in your category! More information on the 2025 Classic Series page.

• Everyone welcome, members, nonmembers, families, pets, and youth groups.

• Courses set by: Mike Holliday and Anndy Wiselogle

• Event director: TBA

Event Overview

On the banks of the Willamette River, Champoeg State Park is large and mostly flat. An interesting variety of terrain should make for some fun orienteering! Due to enthusiastic stinging nettles in parts of the course, wearing long pants or running tights is highly recommended on the intermediate and advanced courses.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch”. Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, the rental cost is included in your registration fee. Using e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC thanks our land management partner Oregon State Parks and Aaron Raines, our incredibly supportive Stub Stewart Park Manager.

Courses

Preliminary Course  Distance / Climb (color codes)

• White:  Beginner  about 2.5 km  /  55m; 1:5000 scale

• Yellow:  Beginner / Intermediate  about 3.0 km  /  70m; 1:5000 scale

• Orange:  Intermediate  about 4 km /  100m; 1:7500 scale

• Brown: Advanced Short   about 3 km /  90m; 1:7500 scale

• Green: Advanced Medium   about 4 km  / 185m; 1:7500 scale

New to Orientering? Welcome!

• Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Times

• Beginner clinics: 11:00 am and 11:30 am. Choose your preferred time when you register.

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am - 1 pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm (controls will be picked up). Everybody must punch in at the finish and download their times even if they do not finish their course. This is how we make sure that everyone returns safely.

Registration and other costs

Park Fee: Oregon State Parks charges $10 for day use, $30 for a 12 month pass and $50 for a 24 month pass. The day pass fee may be paid at either the welcome center (one mile after entering the park) or at the "iron ranger" fee box in each parking lot (exact change required.)

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price - groups of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other O-club (Join CROC)

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own e-punch (Buy your own epunch)

Online registration link coming here soon

Livelox: GPS tracking and route reviewing tool

CROC uses Livelox, which is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors.

Full details here.

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, handing out maps, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are one hour.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Results

Results are posted to the Events & Results web page a day or two after the event.

Driving directions and location

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event: 45.2482, -122.8940

Click these coordinates for a Google map link, or copy/paste these coordinates into Google maps or your smartphone mapping app to get a map and driving directions to the event.

1. From Interstate 5, take the Donald exit (Exit 278).

2. Follow the signs to Champoeg Park: Drive west on Ehlen Road. Go about 3.6 miles.

3. Turn right on Case Road. Go about 1.4 miles.

4. Turn left on Champoeg Road. Go about 0.9 miles.

5. Turn right into the park at the entrance. Follow the orienteering signs to the event start area.

• Dealing with Chaos, or How to Stay Focused 

• Saturday, March 15, 2025 10:00 am Mass Start

• Laurelhurst Park in southeast Portland

• For CROC members only

As if we didn’t have enough chaos in our lives! This workshop will help you focus, despite lots of people and controls and well, chaos. This course has several short legs, and a mass start will lead everyone off in different directions. The course is Motala style, meaning you get four short course maps of the area, and you do them in order. 

The terrain is pretty easy to navigate, since it’s an urban park. Orienteers of all levels are welcome. The challenge comes right at the start with lots of people and lots of directions.

The more the merrier! 

The training is a benefit to CROC members, and there is no charge. Register by March 13 using the on-line waiver. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy Wiselogle. Once you register, we’ll send you the start location and we’ll save you a map set.

CROC holds quarterly board meetings. All members may attend.

Meeting dates are generally scheduled for: first Monday of December, March and June, and the second Monday of September, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The meeting location may vary. Meetings may be online or in-person.

Please go to About > Contact and email us to find out where the next meeting will be, and to confirm the actual date.

Advance online registration is required for this event

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment)

• Simplifies processing the results

• Helps meet directors know how many maps to print

• See who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick info

• Registration deadline: Thursday, Feb 27, 11:00pm

• Location: Lucky Lab Pub, Multnomah Village, SW Portland 7675 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, 97219

• Times: Pub opens at 5:00. Map handout starts at 5:30. Plan your route, mass start at 6:00 sharp. Course closes at 7:30 pm. Social hour until 9pm.

• Course: Score O format. Find as many checkpoints as you can, in any order, within 90 minutes

• Cost: $12 individuals, $17 teams, ($5 discount for club members)

• Event Director: Helene and Jaime Wren

Event overview

Come out to Multnomah Village for CROC's annual urban night orienteering! Run or stroll the back streets, alleys, and trails of this SW Portland neighborhood on a night-time urban navigation adventure. This urban course is perfect for those new to orienteering. Both individuals and teams are welcome. We will have a mass start together at sunset and then you will have 90 minutes to run your course, finishing in the dark! After the event, stay for social hour!  Share your route with others and hang out. We've been doing this event for about 15 years, it's always a lot of fun!

New for 2025: MapRun!

• Using your phone, the MapRun phone app will have the controls/ checkpoints for the course.  While MapRun is preferred there will also be a paper and pencil option with Q&A format to verify each control found.  

• Learn About MapRun

MapRun - Orienteering using your Smartphone

An exciting new way to enjoy orienteering has arrived in the last couple years. It is now possible to go orienteering as an activity you can do using your smartphone and GPS technology.

MapRun is a smartphone app that can let you download an orienteering event and run it. To participate, you need a Smartphone and have downloaded the MapRun app (available from  Google Play or the App Store) to your GPS-enabled smartphone. For best results, you should use the latest MapRunF version. There is even a MapRunG version intended for Garmin fitness watch users.

Unlike traditional orienteering courses where you find orange and white flags set the day of the event, this course uses permanent objects such as fire hydrants, yard art, and signs. You get a map with about 30 marked checkpoints and with the MapRun app, you will locate each point and the app will log your find.  While the MapRun app is preferred, there will be an optional paper and pencil option with multiple choice questions for those that prefer. 

This is a good event to do as a team as well as individually, so feel free to bring a friend. Beginners, families, and dogs are welcome. Maximum team size is six people.

• We're starting at dusk, so you’ll have some twilight before it gets fully dark.

• Be very careful crossing busy streets!  Always give cars the right-of-way, they can’t see you.

• The finish (at 7:30 on the dot!) is back at the Lucky Lab.  After the run, next comes the fun! Join everyone upstairs from 7:30 to 9:00 for social hour.  Come and share your routes with others and socialize with CROC. CROC has the space reserved for just us, so no one will judge if you are a little sweaty! Food (Pizza!) and drink will be available for purchase. 

Event Rules

• Mass start at 6:00 pm sharp. Pub upstairs opens at 5:00, map handout is at 5:30. Please arrive early to register and plan your route.

• You have 90 minutes to find as many checkpoints as you can in any order you like and then return to the finish.

• You do NOT have to find all the checkpoints.

• You get one point for each correct answer. (There will be some higher value controls, so plan a route that visits some of those.)

• A point will be deducted for each minute over the time limit (don't be late!)

• If you’re on a team, stay together - no splitting up.

• No GPS enabled devices (phones) are allowed for navigation assistance. The MapRun app is allowed.

• Participants under age 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

What to bring

1. A quality flashlight or headlamp with fresh batteries, one for each person on your team. Please keep your light on at all times during the event to increase your visibility.

2. Clothing appropriate for the weather. Reflective / high visibility clothing is highly recommended.

3. A watch/phone to be sure you don't take longer than 90 minutes on the course.

4. A highlighter pen is handy for marking your intended route, hint hint.

New to Orienteering? Welcome!

• Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• We will offer a beginner clinic at 5:30 pm at this event, however, please take a close look at the “Event Overview”, and “Event Rules” sections above for all the details.

• No compass is needed, just decent map reading skills.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Registration

Advance online registration is required. There is no event day registration.

Registration deadline: Thurs, Feb 27, 11:00pm

Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.

Event Cost

• $12 base price - individuals

• $17 base price, teams of 2 or more. (Maximum team size is six people.)

  - Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other orienteering club (Join CROC)

Results

Results will be posted on the Events & Results page a few days after the event.

Practice/Training

CROC has a permanent training course established in this area.  If you try it before the night-O, you may have an unfair advantage, hint hint!  See complete details here.

Here’s an example of the permanent course map. The map we use for competitive night O looks a lot like this one.

Map of event location

• Purple Pen: Beyond the Basics

• February 12, 2025 7:00-9:00 p.m.

• For CROC members only

Purple Pen, the software program for designing orienteering courses, is a great program for envisioning, refining, and finalizing orienteering courses. But wait, there’s more! 

After event courses have been finalized, you course designers can dive deeper into the Purple Pen toolbox to format the rest of the map, change scales as needed, and optimize course symbols so your CROC event courses are as accurate and readable as possible.

This workshop will be online, via Google Meet, on Wednesday, February 12, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 

The workshop is hosted by Virginia Church. There will be an introductory demonstration (about 30 minutes). Then you can practice the various operations with materials provided when you sign up. 

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by February 11 and we’ll send you the meeting link and a link to materials to use in the workshop. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy.

Advance online registration is required for this event

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment)

• Simplifies processing the results

• Helps meet directors know how many maps to print

• See who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick Info

• Registration deadline: Thurs, Jan 9, 11:00pm

• Location: Memorial Park, Wilsonville

• NEW start location: Forest Shelter, see map below

• Courses: Four different courses for all ability levels, standard point-to-point orienteering.

• Times: start anytime between 11 AM and 1 PM

• Event Director: Mike Holliday

Event Location

The event start / finish is the Forest Shelter south of the sports fields, see map below. This is different than previous events at this park.

Event Overview

Enjoy a brisk winter orienteering meet at Memorial Park in Wilsonville, on the banks of the Willamette River. There are blackberries. Long pants / tights / lower leg protection is highly recommended.

CROC thanks our recreation partner Wilsonville Parks.

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch” Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, we’ll give you one for free with your clothing donation. Using the e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

New to orienteering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• You can compete as an individual or as a team. Maximum team size is six people.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

Courses

Course setters: Alison Stone, Glen Cafferty. Vetter: Mark Sandifer

• White: Beginner (about 2 km, about 10 controls, easy, on-trail and near-trail navigation)

• Yellow: Beginner/ Intermediate (about 3 km, about 12 controls, easy on-trail and near-trail navigation)

• Orange: Intermediate (about 4 km, about 15 controls, some off-trail, mostly on-trail navigation)

• Brown: Short Advanced (about 5 km, about 15 controls, near-trail and off-trail navigation)

Times

• Beginner clinics 11:00 am and 11:30

• Course starts: anytime between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

• Course closes: 2:00 pm

All teams must check out through the course finish gate before leaving the park, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.

Orienteering map of this location from a previous event

See a map here.  Opens Google Drive in a new browser tab

Volunteers

All CROC events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always use some extra hands. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are:  helping with starts and finishes, checking in folks at registration, and picking up control flags after the course closes. Typical shifts are about one hour long.
If you'd like to help, you can choose a task and time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Results

Results will be posted to the Events & Results page a few days after the event.

Registration and other costs

Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price - groups of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 for membership in CROC or other O-club Become a CROC member

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own epunch Buy your own epunch

Map and directions

45.3024, -122.7598

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event site. Copy and paste these into a mapping app on your phone or Google maps to get a map and driving directions to this location.

From Portland City Center:

• I-5 south to Wilsonville

• Left under the freeway onto Wilsonville Road.

• Go about 1/2 mile, turn left on Memorial Drive, then an immediate left to enter the park.

• Note that we are not at the picnic shelter at the top of the park is in previous years. Go down the roads to the sports fields and look for signs.

• Fun in Foul Weather

• December 14, 2024 10:00 am mass start

• Pier Park in North Portland

• For CROC members only

This practice is to remember how much fun it is to orienteer, even if it’s raining and cold!

Do you know what to wear, and how to hold a compass with mittens on? Which shoes work best in the mud? How do you keep your map from disintegrating in the rain? But most importantly: you can have fun with your orienteering colleagues.

There’s a mass start at 10:00 a.m. - experience the chaos of many running off while you’re trying to find north on your compass. The course is ~3.0 kilometers through an urban park with low hills, some forest, and a popular disc golf course. And if we’re lucky, we’ll get to see a train go through!

We’ll treat you up with cider; your cookies/crackers/cheese are optional. We’ll meet in an open shelter.

• This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost.

• Register here by December 12 and we’ll send you the exact starting point.

• For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy.

CROC holds quarterly board meetings. All members may attend.

Meeting dates are generally scheduled for: first Monday of December, March and June, and the second Monday of September, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The meeting location may vary. Meetings may be online or in-person.

Please go to About > Contact and email us to find out where the next meeting will be, and to confirm the actual date.

Event overview

At the Quimby Lucky Lab in NW Portland (NEW accessible location this year), CROC recognizes all of our great members and volunteers for making another fantastic O-year!  Join us for a free score-O event, pizza, salad, and (no host) beverages.  

The Annual General Meeting will give an update about the state of the club, the slate of nominees for the upcoming CROC Board elections and plans for next year.

As part of the Annual End of Year CROC festivities, we're having a casual urban score-O (just for fun, no results) on the 2023 Kings Heights map.  Stop off at the Lucky Lab to grab a map, try your hand at the short score-O course, then come back for free salad and pizza, yummy beverages, and sharing tales with your fellow CROCers.

Help us and the Lucky lab get ready for the party!

Highlights  

1. Hear about the state of the club, a summary of the great year we had in 2024 and nominees for the 2025 board.

2. Look at maps from major events from around the country.

3. Review the preliminary 2025 event plans and provide feedback, new meet directors and course setters are welcome!

4. Did we mention free pizza and salad?

Times

• Score-O: start from the Lucky Lab anytime from from 3:30pm to 4:30 pm

• Party: 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the Lucky Lab Quimby (room opens at 4pm)

• There is a pay parking lot at 20th and Raleigh or you can find street parking.  The restaurant does not have a parking lot. Paid street parking in Portland is managed with the Parking Kitty app.  

  
  

Score-O Details

• Map handout from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

• The start location is in the party room at the Quimby Lucky Lab, come on in and get your map!

• Depending on weather, you might want to bring a change of clothes and shoes for the party which immediately follows the sprint

Then, join us at the Lucky Lab for food, celebration and our annual meeting!

Have questions? Contact Marsha Holliday

Member Training - 3 Course Challenge

• Saturday, November 9, 2024 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

• Southeast Portland

• For CROC members only

This training event offers three short courses, giving you a chance to practice the skills you've acquired this season on three different maps. The three locations, Reed College, Sellwood Park and Westmoreland Park, are very close to each other in southeast Portland, so travel time between them is minimal. 

The courses will be set by 10:00 a.m., and you have until 4:00 p.m. to do any or all of them. There will not be a trainer at the sites. You can print your own maps or arrange to get (by mail or at a pick-up site) a printed map set. Control points will be marked with garden flags. 

The courses average about 2K each, so the challenge will begin to add up if you choose to do all three. A skill to practice at each start: before looking closely at your map, look around and see where you are. "Punch" the garden flag, then look at your map, orient it, and begin. 

Bonus: a short kid's course will be set up at Westmoreland Park. 

If you're always sorry when an orienteering course is finished, and you always wish you could do another one right away, this training is for you. 

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by November 7, and we’ll email you the maps (or by November 3 if you want us to US mail the maps to you). For questions contact training coordinator Anndy Wiselogle. 

Advance online registration is required

• Registration deadline Thursday, Oct 24, 11:00pm

• Makes things fast and easy for YOU on event day (no paperwork or payment)

• Simplifies processing the results

• Helps meet directors know how many maps to print

• See who’s attending, maybe plan a carpool

Quick info

• Registration deadline: Thursday, Oct 24

• Courses: Four different courses for all skill levels. Classic point-to-point orienteering format

• At this event: Level UP! See below

• Times: Map handout starts at 10:30. Start your course anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

• Everyone welcome, members and nonmembers

• Event director: Becky Bruns

Event overview

Mary S. Young Park may be the most scenic park you never heard of. The western part of the park features a network of trails winding through a cool shady forest. Near the parking areas, a couple of large open fields offer contour detail, trees, bushes, and other features. The eastern part of the park plunges to the Willamette River on trails that negotiate a dramatically eroded landscape. The river's edge has rock formations, sandy beaches, and islands. All courses will use the trail system; so bring your running shoes. Well, for the longer courses, bring older running shoes. 

We use an electronic scoring and timing system known as “e-punch” Each entry or team needs to have an e-punch stick. If you don't have your own e-punch stick, you can rent one at registration for an additional $5. Using the e-punch is easy. You can learn how at the event, or read about e-punch here.

CROC thanks our land management partner City of West Linn Parks.

New to Orienteering? Welcome!

Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.

• Have a look at our “New to O?” webpage, which covers just about every question you may have.

• At most events, we offer free beginner clinics (they take about 10 minutes) to teach you everything you need to know. These are typically at half-hour intervals; choose your time slot on the registration page.

• If you'd like to get reminders about upcoming events, sign up at our newsletter page. (No more than a couple of emails per month, we promise!)

• Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!

A special feature at this event: Level UP!

This event is designed especially for skill development. You are encouraged to register at the next higher level than you might normally do. Each map will include a “user guide” printed on the back explaining what techniques you can use for various legs. For example:

• Fly and White courses

  • Orient the map using features

  • Orient the map using a compass

  • Decide which way to go at each control

• Yellow course

  • Plan your route in several steps

  • Use linear features to cut corners with confidence

  • Use the control description to find the flag

• Orange

  • Choose between several route options

  • Go off trail using your compass

  • Measure distance and pace count

• Brown and Green

  • Identify attack points and use precision compass reading to find the flag

  • Use collecting features to thumb along the leg

  • Simplify to cross large distances fast

We’ll have instructors on hand to explain the techniques before you go out to practice them.

Courses

(The Fly course is a short, youth-oriented course open to all participants registered for one of the other 4 courses.)

• Fly: Beginner (about 0.5 km, on-trail and near the event center, suitable for youth navigating on their own for the first time)

• White:  Beginner (1.2 km, on-trail and near-trail navigation, suitable for youth)

• Yellow:  Beginner / Intermediate (2.7 km, on-trail and near-trail navigation)

• Orange:  Intermediate (3.4 km, off-trail and on-trail navigation)

• Brown:  Advanced (3.2 km, off-trail and on-trail navigation)

• Green:  Advanced (4.3 km, off-trail and on-trail navigation)

Start Windows

For this event we’re using assigned 30 minute start windows between 11 am and 1 pm. This spreads participants over the entire two hour start window, easing the workload on event volunteers.

Please choose your start window during registration. The earlier you register, the better chance you have of a preferred window. If you arrive early for your start window, you may be asked to wait. If you're late, no worries, we’ll allow you to start when we have an opening. It's a guideline, not a firm rule.

Times

• Check-in and map pick-up: 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

• Beginner clinics: Usually 11:00 am and 11:30 am

• Course starts: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

• All courses close: 3:00 pm (controls will be picked up)

All teams must check out through the course finish gate before leaving the park, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.

Registration and other costs

Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.

Event Cost

• $17 base price - individuals

• $22 base price - groups of 2 or more

  - Subtract $5 for membership in CROC or other O-club Become a CROC member

  - Subtract $5 if you have your own epunch Buy your own epunch

Livelox - GPS tracking and route review tool

CROC uses Livelox. This is an interactive web based tool that enables you to see your exact route/track on the orienteering map, and compare them with other competitors after your event.

To use this tool, you need to record a GPX track while you are on the course. You can do this with various watch and phone based apps.

See complete Livelox details here.

Volunteers

All CROC orienteering events are put on by volunteers, and the meet director can almost always used some extra helpers. Please keep in mind:

• No prior experience is needed for many of the tasks

• You can help out AND still run your course of choice

Typical ways to assist are: helping with starts, checking in folks at registration, and picking up control flags after the course closes.
If you'd like to help you can choose a task and a time shift when you register online. Thanks!

Results

Times are posted to the Events & Results page a few days after the event.

Map and Driving Directions

45.3804, -122.6278

Latitude longitude coordinates of the event site. Copy and paste these into a mapping app on your phone or Google maps to get a map and driving directions to this location.

From Portland City Center:

1. Get on Macadam South, which runs along the Willamette River on the west bank. (This road is OR 43)

2. Go south on OR 43 to Lake Oswego, about 6 miles.

3. From Lake Oswego, continue south on OR 43 about 2.8 miles to the park.

4. Follow the orienteering signs to the main loop parking lot at the east end of the park.

Member Training: Working with Different Map Scales

• October 12, 2024 10:00 a.m. - noon

• Mt. Tabor Park in SE Portland

• For CROC members only

We’ll get familiar with three map scales commonly used in orienteering meets. Practice using these different map scales on a 2.5 k course at hilly Mt. Tabor. Start between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m; course closes at noon.

This training is for CROC members only; there is no cost. Register here by October 10 and we’ll send you the exact starting point. For questions and suggestions contact trainer Anndy.