Calendar Of Events, 2024
Local meets are held approximately every second Wednesday from May to September. In addition, the Yukon Orienteering Association hosts the Yukon Orienteering Championships, the Learn To Orienteer Clinic, and training opportunities.
For the Wednesday night local meets registration generally opens at 6:00pm.
** ALL MEET SEASON PASSES include YOA organized Local Meets. It does NOT include outside events (WCOC, COC, NAOC) or YOA programs.
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January
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
February
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18 | 1pm | Ski-Orienteering (Ski Club lead organizer) | Mount Mac Ski Room | Mount Mac | Bob Sagar |
March
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 4 | YOA | Registration for programs and membership opens. | |||
| March 7 6:30pm for 7:00pm |
YOA | Annual General Meeting (AGM)7pm. Pizza at 6:30pm | Sport Yukon meeting room | Dave Hildes |
April
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 21 (Sunday) | 9am-2pm | Recreation Expo | Canada Games Centre | https://www.whitehorse.ca/event/recreation-expo/ | |
| April 29 week | YOA Programs start | Membership link |
May
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:00pm |
Local Meet (Sprint) | Shipyards Park | Downtown | Erik Blake 334-8574 |
| May 11 (Saturday) |
Learn to O Preregistration required, signup on City of Whitehorse parks and recreation site. |
Canada Games Centre (confirm location with City) |
Mount Mac | City of Whitehorse | |
| May 15 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet (Short Forest event) | roughly 400 metres up the Grey Mountain Road | Long Lake SE | Bruce McLean 334-1353 |
| May 22 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet - Mountain Bike Orienteering | Magnussen Parking Lot, Grey Mountain Road | Magnussen | Phillipe Côté-Jacques |
| May 29 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet (forest event) | Near the junction of the Miles Canyon Road with the Alaska Highway | Ear Lake | Karen McKenna |
| May 31 (also see June 1,2) | See schedule | Lorne Mountain O Festival - Sprint | Km 1, Annie Lake Road | Robinson - Mt Lorne | Bob Sagar |
June
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 (also see May 31) | See schedule | Lorne Mountain O Festival - Forest Orienteering | Km 1, Annie Lake Road | Mount Lorne | Erik Blake |
| June 2 | See schedule | Lorne Mountain O Festival - Nirvana Sprint | Lewes Lake (see notes) | Lewes Lake | Afan Jones |
| June 12 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:00pm Course closes at 9:00pm |
Local Meet and Yukon Orienteering Champs (Canada Cup meet) | Copperbelt Mining Museum | Mount Mac | Dave Hildes |
| June 19 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet and Yukon Orienteering Middle Champs | West side of Mountainview roundabout to Whistle Bend. See Google pin | Yukon University | Sabine Schweiger |
| June 26 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet and Yukon Orienteering Sprint Champs | Takhini School, Range Road | Tahkini Sprint Map | Colin Abbott |
July
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 10 | * Postponed * | Local Meet *POSTPONED* | * Postponed * | * Postponed * | * Postponed * |
| July 17 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:05pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet | Charburn Lake ski trail parking lot. | Chadburn Lake | Jen Mackeigan |
| July 24 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet | Top of Hillcrest Drive | Hillcrest | Kris Gardner |
August
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 3-13 | Canadian Orienteering Championships North American Orienteering Championships |
Kingston/Toronto/Ottawa | COC/NAOC 2024 | ||
| August 3-4 | Alaska Orienteeering Festival | Near Anchorage | Hatcher Pass and Willow | Alaska O Festival | |
| August 7 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:00pm Course closes at 8:00pm |
Local Meet | Pumping station on Winze Place | Copper Ridge | Carl and Ian Turcotte and helpers |
| August 21 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:30pm |
Local Meet | near Bike Jump park on Sumanik Drive | Mount Mac | Justine and Barbara Scheck 867-333-2306 |
September
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 11 | Registration opens 6:00pm First start 6:30pm Course closes at 8:00pm |
Local Meet | Selkirk Elementary | Riverdale | Judith van Gulick |
| Sept 21 Note Saturday date/time |
Registration opens 9:00am Course closes at 4:00pm |
Saturday Super Equinox Meet (see home page) | Hidden Lakes off Chadburn Lake road | Yukon River East combo map | Benoit Turcotte Craig Brooks |
| Sept 27 Note Friday date/time |
Registration opens 8:00pm Course closure at 10:00pm |
Local Meet - Night O (bring headlamps, flashlights) | Research Forest - 1km North of Takhini River Bridge on Mayo/Dawson road (before Hot Springs road) | Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers Research Forest. | Bruce McLean |
October
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10-14 | Western Canadian Orienteering Champs | Manitoba | Various | WCOC 2024 |
November
| Date | Time | Event | Meeting Point | Map | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|