THERE’S NO “DAY-OF” REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.
Please register in advance at the link above. Advance registration streamlines your day of event experience, helps us print the correct number of maps and let us process results faster.
Thanks for registering in advance!
Quick info
Online pre-registration required, no event day registration
Registration deadline: Thursday, Feb 24, 11:00pm
Location: Start and finish at Multnomah Arts Center basketball court (NOT the Lucky Lab as in previous years) 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland 97219 - Map to event site
Times: Map handout starts at 5:30. Plan your route and start anytime between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. Please choose a 15 minute start window on the registration page
Course: Score O format. Find as many checkpoints as you can, in in any order, within 90 minutes
Cost: $12 individuals, $17 teams, ($5 discount for club members)
Event Director: John Godino
COVID PRECAUTIONS
CROC tries to follow state Covid guidelines as much as possible. These precautions are subject to change. Participants in CROC events must agree to follow our Covid guidelines. See them here.
Event overview
Come out to Multnomah Village for CROC's annual urban night orienteering! Run or stroll the back streets, alleys, and trails of this SW Portland neighborhood on a night-time urban navigation adventure. Both individuals and teams are welcome. We've been doing this event for about 15 years, it's always a lot of fun!
Unlike traditional orienteering courses where you find orange and white flags set the day of the event, this course uses permanent objects such as fire hydrants, house numbers, and signs. You'll get a map with about 30 marked checkpoints, and an answer sheet. When you find the checkpoint, you need to answer a multiple choice question correctly, such as: "What's the animal painted on the side of the garage? a) elephant b) walrus c) panda". Answer the question, and move on to the next control.
This is a good event to do as a team as well as individually, so feel free to bring a friend. Beginners, families, and dogs are welcome.
To minimize crowding around the event area, you need to choose a 15 minute start window when you register. Please arrive before this start window so you can get your map and plan your route.
Feel free to visit the Lucky Lab pub across the street after the event for food and beverages.
Be very careful crossing busy streets! Always give cars the right-of-way, they can’t see you.
The map doesn’t have street names, so that adds to the challenge. =^)
Event Rules
You can start your course anytime between 6 pm and 7 pm.
After you start, you have 90 minutes to find as many checkpoints as you can in any order you like and then return to the finish area.
You do NOT have to find all the checkpoints.
You get one point for each correct answer. (The are also 3 point bonus checkpoints, so plan a route that visits some of those.)
1 point is deducted for each wrong answer (no guessing) and for each minute over the time limit (don't be late!)
If you’re on a team, stay together - no splitting up.
No GPS enabled devices (phones) are allowed for navigation assistance.
What to bring
A quality flashlight or headlamp with fresh batteries, one for each person on your team. Please keep your light on at all times during the event to increase your visibility.
Clothing appropriate for the weather. Reflective / high visibility clothing is highly recommended.
A watch/phone to be sure you don't take longer than 90 minutes on the course.
A highlighter pen is handy for marking your intended route, hint hint.
NEW TO ORIENTEERING? WELCOME!
Our events are open to both members and non-members. Beginners, families and dogs are welcome.
We are not offering beginner clinics at this event, so take a close look at the “Event Overview”, and “Event Rules” sections above for all the details.
No compass is needed, just decent map reading skills.
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Thanks for coming out and trying something new, we think you'll like it!
REGISTRATION AND OTHER COSTS
Advance online registration is required. There is no event day registration.
Application deadline: Thurs, Feb 24, 11:00pm
Refund policy: full refund if requested more than 48 hours before the start time of the event. Email us to request a refund and we’ll work it out.
Event Cost
$12 base price - individuals
$17 base price, teams of 2 or more
- Subtract $5 if you’re a member or CROC or other orienteering club (Join CROC)
Results
Results will be posted on the Events & Results page a few days after the event.
Practice/Training
CROC has a permanent training course established in this area. If you try it before the night-O, you may have an unfair advantage, hint hint! See complete details here.
Here’s an example of the permanent course map. The map we use for competitive night O looks a lot like this one.
Multnomah Village permanent orienteering course map example