What is Orienteering?

A competitive sport in which participants find their way to various checkpoints across rough country with the aid of a map and compass, the winner being the one with the lowest elapsed time.

Course Lengths?

White - 2-3 Kilometers (Easy)
Yellow - 3-5 Kilometers (Easy)
Orange - 4.5-7 Kilometers (Medium)
Brown - 3-5 Kilometers (Hard)
Red - 6-10 Kilomters (Hard

How to play the game?

The game can be played in any number of ways, but the most common way calls for runners to locate a certain number of control points (CPs or "controls") along a prescribed course. Each control must be visited in order. When arriving at the control, you use an electronic card called an SiCard to “punch” the control. The SI card is read at the end and this is how we know you visited the correct controls in order.  

There is also a format called a Score-O where you have a certain amount of time to find as many controls as possible. Each control is worth a certain point value. Runner with the most points wins. Point ties are broken with the fastest time.