Our Schedule
Registration for most GCO events opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 12 noon. Starting Times are assigned from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Beginner Instruction is offered as requested. Hint: Come anytime between 9 and 11 to have time for instruction and a course.
Costs are $7 for non-members or $5 for members for an individual, plus $2 for each additional person in a group. Everyone in the group will get a map (the fee/map are optional for children 5 and under). A second course is $2 per person. You can also rent a compass for $1 plus a refundable $5 deposit.
Save Time, particularly for groups, by filling out a Registration Form (left). Use ONE FORM for each individual or team going out together!!
PRE-REGISTRATION OPTION FOR GROUPS such as JROTC or Scouts with multiple teams. Contact the Event Director for each meet on the possibility of e-mailing your list of teams and courses a few days before the meet to save time.
2012
Abbreviations: W = White, Y = Yellow, O = Orange, Br = Brown, Gr = Green, R = Red, B = Blue, ED = Event Director. CS = Course Setter.
White and Yellow are beginner courses. Orange is intermediate. Brown, Green, Red and Blue are all advanced courses with varying lengths and physical difficulty.
All meets are tentative, subject to park approval. Dates might be changed for various reasons, so always check here! Look for more details on the meets closer to the date.
Looking for other nearby orienteering meets? Check out Bay Area Orienteering Club (BAOC), terraloco and Get Lost!!.
Sunday, March 25: Granite Bay, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, W,Y,O, Advanced and NEW! Mountain Bike-O. ED: Paul Keeton, , 209-295-6261; CS: Mats Jansson.
For our first meet of 2012, we will be returning to beautiful Folsom Lake, but this time in the spring. And we have a twist: Besides the normal beginner, intermediate and advanced foot-O courses, we will have Mountain Bike-O (MTB-O) for the first time!
Look for details about the meet soon!
Here are details about Granite Bay and directions to get there. A Google map link is here.
Sunday, April 22: Sacramento Bar, Fair Oaks, W,Y,O, Advanced. ED: Marsha Jacobs, , 916-408-8052; CS: Jennifer Kerr.
Saturday, May 12: Rossmoor Bar, Rancho Cordova, W,Y,O, Advanced. EDs: Jill Van Houten, , 916-443-4082, Norbert Wagner, , 916-847-6324; CS: Dwight Freund.
Sunday, Sept. 9: River Bend Park, Rancho Cordova, W,Y,O, Advanced. ED: Jennifer Kerr, , 916-922-8671; CS: Jeff Thompson.
Saturday, Oct. 20: Lower Sunrise and Sacramento Bar, Rancho Cordova and Fair Oaks, W,Y,O, Advanced. ED: Marsha Jacobs, , 916-408-8052; CS: Jonas Libell.
Sunday, Nov. 18: Mississippi Bar, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, Fair Oaks, W,Y,O, Advanced. ED: Paul Keeton, , 209-295-6261; CS:Dan Rathbun.
Sunday, Dec. 9: New Map! Sailor Bar, Fair Oaks. ED: Dan Rathbun, 530-919-3160; CS: Mats Jansson.