General GCO Meet Details - how most meets work
Registration for most GCO events opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 10:30 a.m. Starting times are assigned from 9 to 11 a.m. Beginner Instruction is offered as requested. Courses close at 1.00 p.m.
Our fees: $10 for each adult and $5 for each child or youth (ages 7-18) for non-members and $8 for adults and $4 for children or youths for members of GCO or other Orienteering clubs.
A second course is $2 per person. You can also rent a compass for $1.
You can save time, particularly for groups, by filling out a Registration Form (left). Use ONE FORM for each individual or team going out together!!
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All upcoming GCO events
and BAOC and Terraloco events of local interrest
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Sunday December 22nd - GCO's X-mas Old Town Folsom O-Scramble!
Scramble style = find as many checkpoints as you can and return to the start/finish before time runs out. Start location at patio near Old Town Parking Garage and ice rink. Check points are scattered around the old town and nearby greens spaces, from the trolley stop in the SW to the Zoo in the NE. Mass start at 10:30 am. Time limit is 90 minutes. Penalty for Overtime. Event Director and Course Setter: Dwight Freund.
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Saturday 12/14/2024 - Terraloco's Holiday Hustle 5k/10k, Palo Alto, CA.
Travel through the wonderfully decorated neighborhoods of Palo Alto at night! Choose a 5K or 10K challenge and find 20 or 36 checkpoints. Teams of 1-5 use a custom street-O map to navigate. Mass start at 5:30 pm Preregister for lower fees.
Link to Terraloco's Holiday Hustle 5k 10k
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January 12th (Sun): BAOC - Golden Goat and Golden Kid Tamarancho, Fairfax, CA.
Traditional annual extra long "Goat" course and "Kid" course with a shared mass start. Sorry, but there will be NO BEGINNER COURSES at this event. Pending park approval.
Link to:BAOC Golden Goat & Kid - Tamarancho
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January 26th (Sun): BAOC - Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County Park Gilroy, CA.
Standard B-event with 7 courses to choose from. Everyone is welcome, including none-members and beginners. Pending park approval.
Link to: BAOC Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch
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Feb 9th (Sun): BAOC - Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Richmond, CA.
C-event with shorter courses in a smallish park. Everyone is welcome, including none-members and beginners. Pending park approval.
Link to:BAOC Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch
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March 1-2: BAOC - Western States Championships - Calero County Park San Jose, CA.
A-meet: Two day National Ranking Event (NRE) on a new map of a classic venue. 7 courses to choose from, everyone is welcome, including none-members and beginners. Pending park approval.
Link to:BAOC NRE / A-meet: Calero
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Come and have fun with us!
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Abbreviations: W = White, Y = Yellow, O = Orange, Br = Brown, Gr = Green, R = Red, B = Blue,
ED = Event Director. CS = Course Setter.
White and Yellow are beginner courses. Orange is intermediate. Brown, Green, Red and Blue are all advanced courses with varying lengths and physical difficulty.
Scrambles (also known as Score-O) are mass-start events in which you find as many controls as possible, in any order, within the time limit.
All meets are tentative, subject to park approval!! Dates might be changed for various reasons, so always check here! Look for more details on the meets closer to the date.