Backwoods Orienteering Klub

Have Fun in the Woods Orienteering… with the best maps in the world

Orienteering Raleigh NC

Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.

We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.

Author: David Waller

  • Results for Umstead South (13 Jan 2013)

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    Wow! What an amazing day for an orienteering meet — mid 70’s in the middle of January. I knew that the nice weather would bring out a lot of orienteers, but attendance far exceeded my high expectations. With the main wave of participants arriving between noon and 12:30, we would have been completely overwhelmed without…

  • Details for Umstead South event (13 January)

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    Join us for a full range of courses on Sunday, January 13. Register and start between noon and 2:00 at the large shelter at the Reedy Creek section of Umstead Park.  Take exit 287 from I-40 and head North to enter the park.  The shelter is on the trail from the NW corner of the…

  • Results for Umstead South (28 October 2012)

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    With the eye of hurricane Sandy only a few hundred miles to our East, the woods in Umstead were surprisingly peaceful, and the weather was pretty perfect for running.  All of the 105 intrepid orienteers (71 starts) who went out on Sunday got home safely, although a couple left with minor scrapes.  Many newcomers opted…