Sharon Crawford is ridiculously good at seeing shades of green. For the past 30 years, the longtime Frisco local has traveled the nation and globe to compete in orienteering: a slowly growing (and ...

Michele DeMaris, Bruce Englund and Holly Crancer, from left, check their maps while looking for the next course marker during a Grizzly Orienteering workshop last week in Pattee Canyon. The sport of ...

MERRIMACK – Outdoor lovers could find themselves off the beaten path if a new orienteering course lands at Horse Hill Nature Preserve. Milford resident Matthew Linford, a member of Boy Scout Troop 48 ...

An orienteering group on the Isle of Man has been awarded funding to expand the opportunities to take part in the activity by mapping more courses and remapping those damaged by storms. The Isle of ...

• In orienteering, participants choose routes between points marked on a highly detailed map; there are a dozen or so points on an advanced course. • Each point is called a “control.” It’s a distinct ...

ON TOP OF a hill in Oakland overlooking the bay and the San Francisco skyline, I twist my map left, then right. I need to figure out where I am standing to decide where I am going next. Compass in ...

With more than a century of history, the modern sport of orienteering has a language all its own. Here are a few key terms one might encounter while preparing a route or competing on a course: Attack ...

The new maps and courses will be available to download for all users. An orienteering group on the Isle of Man has been awarded funding to expand the opportunities to take part in the activity by ...