Seniors Intro to Orienteering
Monday June 22, 2026
10am Start
Kivi Park
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We're teaming up with the Kivi Park Seniors program to bring you an opportunity to learn all about orienteering, compass skills, and map reading. Exercise your body and your mind with this fun introduction to the sport of orienteering! Participants will learn the following skills:
Key map features and how to read a map;
Basic compass skills;
Strategies for on-trail navigaton;
How to use the MapRun app for Orienteering.
Recommended Items
Compass - we will have a limited number of compasses we can loan to participants.
Map (Provided by us)
Cell phone (for MapRun)
Pen/Pencil/Ruler for marking map
Appropriate clothing and shoes for on-trail hiking.
Water
Bug spray and sunscreen
MapRun (Optional)
MapRun is an orienteering app for your smart phone that uses a set map and course along with your gps tracked location to virtually "punch" at each checkpoint.
We will send out additional MapRun information to registered participants ahead of the introductory session once the training map is uploaded.
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