Los Angeles Orienteering Club

10/16/2026

Registration is open for El Dorado on Sunday, Oct 25th. This is a great course for runners and beginners (and also great fun for the rest of us, too!): https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/el-dorado-2026
We are also putting on an NRE TrailO in conjunction with Golden States and that registration is also open: https://sites.google.com/view/2026gsoc/sat-trail-o-nre?authuser=0
These pictures are from the TrailO Training Event at Angel's Gate last Saturday. Thank you, Rich!!!

09/12/2026

Results from Barton Flats are up! https://www.laorienteering.org/results-1/barton-flats-2026
Up next is Fullerton Urban O on Sept 20th.
https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/fullerton-urban-o-2026
Next LAOC Board meeting: Tuesday Sept 22nd. Info to be sent out on laocbiz listserv.
Note: we are adding a TrailO to Golden State Champs in November. Registration for that will be available soon.
Photos are some LAOC members at Deschutes Daze 2026 (photo credit: Robert Rodriquez)

09/10/2026

Registration for our September 20th, Fullerton Urban O is open: https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/fullerton-urban-o-2026 Thank you, Troy for hosting this event! And the COOL league is gearing up to start. LAOC volunteers were out at Chaffey High School last Saturday providing training to about 100 JROTC kids from Chaffey as well as Anaheim, Colton, Paloma Valley, and Rialto. Thank you to our volunteers Alan, Clare, Karen, John, Rich, and Recinda. It was a hot but fun day of organized chaos and orienteering! 2026-2027 info for COOL events here: https://www.laorienteering.org/youth-league

08/20/2026

Registration for Barton Flats is open for Sunday, September 6, 2026! Registration is FREE, but donations at the event are always welcomed. You can purchase your Adventure Pass for parking at the registration site.
To tide us over until we see each other then, here are a few pictures from Belmont Shores and some of our LAOC folks at BAOC's Tahoe 4 Day.
https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/barton-flats-2026

07/09/2026

oooh Rich has made a fun course for Sunday at Belmont Shores. Make sure you read the course notes so you can maximize your points!

Belmont Shores Urban Discovery - July 12, 2026 The event is a Score-O course with landmark based question punching. Registration opens at 9:30am. Mass start at 10:00am. Late starts available until noon but you will not get full two hours if you start after 11:30AM. Time Limit – TWO HOURS or 1:30.....

07/08/2026

Registration for Belmont Shores Urban Discovery is up for this Sunday! Online registration closes at midnight Thursday.

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07/02/2026

Well, this may be a picture of the wrong Pinos (sorry, yours truly unexpectedly missed the event), BUT results from LAOC's Mt Pinos event are up! On deck is Belmont Shores Discovery later this month.
TrailO: https://www.laorienteering.org/results-1/mt.-pinos-weekend-2026---saturday-trailo
FootO: https://www.laorienteering.org/results-1/mt.-pinos-weekend-2026---sunday-classic

06/22/2026

Next up is Mt. Pinos next weekend! Two days with a Trail-O on Saturday and Foot O on Sunday. Camping available. Online registration closes on Thursday. Come on out, er, up!
https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/mt-pinos-2026 (Photos courtesy John Phillips 2024 event)

06/10/2026

Thank you for your patience. Due to schedules of a couple of our volunteers, the posting of Echo Park's results was delayed but they are finally up!
https://www.laorienteering.org/results-1/echo-park-urban-discovery-2026
Next up is the 2 day Mt Pinos Event! Registration will be open by June 15th. NOTE: This event is an authorized, permitted event held on National Forest land. https://www.laorienteering.org/events-1/mt-pinos-2026

05/20/2026

Thanks to Clare, we will be putting on a Trail O event at NAOC at Triangle T, December 31, 2026.

Wednesdays are for WTOC 2027! Los Angeles Orienteering Club and Tucson Orienteering Club planning meeting for Trail O Event at NAOC on December 31st, 2026. (Trail Orienteering Orienteering USA Bearing towards the C-flag )