The cost for non annual club members is: $10 per adult or per couple/family sharing a map (higher at forest events).
Wednesday evening events are a great place for beginners to learn the sport and for regulars to practice their skills. Short/easy, medium and long courses (loops) are available.
Weekend forest events include beginner, novice and intermediate, as well as technically advanced courses. A compass, SPORTident timing card and whistle are required for forest events; all can be borrowed at the event site. The times for the forest events are not standardized. Higher fees for forest events.
All EOOC events on this schedule go RAIN or SHINE
Schedule of events
See also: Planning calendar of events outside Edmonton for forest events near Calgary and in other provinces/countries.
This is a provisional schedule.
For Wednesday events:
Register on site from 6:30pm and start from then until 7:30pm.
Check back in by the time stated on the map.
Fees: $5 per map for 2024 annual members; $10 per map for non-members: $0/map for members who have purchased an O-Pass.
Usual courses offered: short/easy course (about 3km), medium course (about 4km), long course (about 5-6km)
Wed. April 24, 2024: Kinsmen Park. NOT in the same old place! Access Kinsmen Park from the north end of Queen Elizabeth Park Drive or Walterdale Hill (both are ONE WAY, NORTH BOUND). The new registration/start location is in the red-roofed hexagonal gazebo in the middle of the baseball field. Location Map
Sun April 28, 2024: FWOC Spring Opener forest event on the Rumsey map, hosted by FWOC of Calgary. INFO
Wed. May 1, 2024: Mill Creek, Upper Mill Creek Pool parking lot on 95A Street, north off Whyte Ave.
Wed. May 8, 2024: Gold Bar Park. Location Map
Sunday May 12 Forest event at J J Collett Natural Area, Morningside
INFO and to register HERE
Wed. May 15, 2024: Wednesday in the forest
May 18 – May 26 is World Orienteering Week
Mon. May 20, 2024, Victoria Day
Wed. May 22, 2024: Terwillegar Park Location Map
Wed, May 29, 2024: Capilano Park Location Map
Wed June 5, 2024: Wilfrid Laurier Park
Wed June 12, 2024: Kingswood Pavilion, St Albert
Wed June 19, 2024: Hermitage Park Location Map
Wed June 26, 2024: Whitemud Park South Location Map
Mon. July 1st, 2024 Canada Day
Wed July 3, 2024: Nellie McClung Park, register in the parking lot on the south side of the Pioneers’ Cabin. (9430 Scona Road)
Fri/Sat/Sun July 5-7 Alberta Training camp at Lusk Creek
Wed July 10, 2024: Goldstick Park Location Map
Wed July 17, 2024: Belgravia
Wed July 24, 2014: TBC Argyll Velodrome Park
Wed July 31, 2014: TBA
Mon. August 5, 2024 Heritage Day
Wed August 7, 2024: TBA
Wed August 14, 2024: Whitemud North
Wed August 21, 2024: Maurice Lavallee School
Wed August 28, 2024: Rundle Park
Sun. September 1, 2024 Labour Day
Wed Sept 4, 2024: Terwillegar Park
Wed Sept 11, 2024: West River’s Edge, Ft. Saskatchewan
Wed Sept 18, 2024: Coronation Park
Sat/Sunday September 21st and 22nd, Casino for the benefit of EOOC.
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Events earlier this year:
Wed. April 17, 2024: First City park event of the season. Rundle Park. Location Map
Events last year:
Wed. April 19, 2023, Rundle Park, access south off 118 Ave at Abbottsfield Road, or 113 Ave near 30 Street.
Wed. April 26, 2023, Coronation Park. Access the park from where 114 Avenue and 139 Street meet. Head straight south towards the Queen Elizabeth Planetarium.
Wed. May 3, 2023, Argyll Park Meet at the north part of Argyll park at the junction of 75 Ave /89 St.
Sunday May 7 – Morningside B event at J J Collett Natural Area near Morningside. Results on Winsplits
Wed. May 10, 2023, Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area (at Waskehegan Trailhead) Wed. May 17, 2023, World Orienteering Day! Terwillegar Park Terwillegar Location
Wed. May 24, 2023, Kingswood Pavilion, 395 Sturgeon Road, (where Sturgeon Road meets Sir Winston Churchill Avenue) St Albert.
Sunday May 28, 2023 – Blackfoot Central Score O
Wed. May 31, 2023, Kinsmen Park Kinsmen Location
Wed. June 7, 2023, Gold Bar Park Gold Bar Location
Wed. June 14, 2023, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park, picnic site #8. Location map and directions
Wed. June 21, 2023, Mill Creek Pool (upper parking lot). NORTH off Whyte Avenue onto 95A Street.
Wed June 28, 2023 Strathcona Science Park Location map
Wed July 5, 2023 Hermitage Park Location map
Wed July 12, 2023 West River’s Edge, Ft Saskatchewan, From Hwy-21, turn west onto Westpark Blvd, then follow the signs to West River’s Edge
Wed July 19, 2023 Nellie McClung Park – register in the parking lot on the south side of the Pioneers’ Cabin. (9430 Scona Road)
Wed July 26, 2023 Belgravia – in the southwest corner of the Belgravia neighbourhood, at the Belgravia view point where Saskatchewan Drive curves from southbound to eastbound. Park on the park side of the road.
Wed. Aug 2, 2023 Dawson Park – turn NORTH off Rowland Road onto 89 Street. Wed. Aug 9, 2023 Whitemud North Access to the park is north off Fox Drive onto Keillor Road.Wed. Aug 16, 2023 Rundle Park Location map
Wed. Aug 23, 2023 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park site #7, At the bottom of the Buena Vista Road, before the traffic circle, take the right exit into the Zoo parking lot. (Zoo closes at 5pm) Find a parking spot in the SE corner of the zoo parking lot (near the exit gate)
Walk across the road, and take the right fork. Walk past the washroom block. Look to the left and you will see the blue roof of picnic site #7. Laurier site 7 map
Wed. Aug 30, 2023 Goldstick Park. Access to the park is north off 101 Avenue at 44 Street. Location map
Wed. Sept 6 2023 Whitemud South Access to the park is west off 119/122 Street, just south of the Whitemud Freeway, onto Rainbow Valley Road. Location map
Wed. Sept 13, 2023 INIW / River Lot 11: Queen Elizabeth Park Road. To get to registration, drive down Queen Elizabeth Park Road (which is northbound, downhill and one way!) for about 300m staying in the LEFT lane. Turn LEFT into the INIW parking lot, which is just before the pedestrian-controlled lights. The parking lot has space for 40 vehicles, plus a roof shelter. Location map
Wed. Sept 20, 2023 Capilano Park Location map
