Desert Orienteering Festival

Race Overview

Please consider volunteering. All volunteers will receive an email with a $50 coupon toward registration per slot.

Important Note

REMINDER: DOF26 will not be offering OUSA categories. Run any race you want!

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Saturday, Jan 17th

The Adventure Trek

• Start Time: 12pm Mass Start
• Event Description: The festival kicks off with a 2-hour score orienteering Adventure Trek, where both experienced and beginner participants can chart their own path through the desert.
• Challenge Area: This year’s challenge takes place in the vast flatlands northeast of Buttes Pass, where navigational precision and overland speed will be the keys to victory.
• Course Setter: Chris Day

Sunday, Jan 18th

The Classic

• Start Time: 10am-11:30am
• Competition Type: Measure your fitness and navigation skills against the best in a traditional 7-course classic orienteering competition that will span both technical and fast terrain.
• Beginner Options: Beginners can stick to the basic White course or use their newly built skills to take on the Yellow or Orange competitions.
• Course Setter: Matej Sebo

The Night Goat

• Start Time: 5pm Mass Start
• Event Description: Are you ready to take on the desert at night? This modified format will extend our Goat (8-10km), Borrego (4-5km), and Beginner mass start tradition, but with a dusk start time.
• Course Format: Following is encouraged, but as night settles and the group splinters, you might face the dark desert alone to complete this point-to-point course.
• Beginner Option: Beginners who want just a taste of the night can opt for a lighted guide.
• Course Setter: Mark Prior

Monday, Jan 19th

The Maze Middle

• Start Time: Starts 9am-11am
• Event Description: Navigate the slot canyons and steep slopes of the iconic "Maze" in a middle distance 7-course point to point competition. The distances will be short, but the complexity high, with numerous route options and physical challenges between controls in this three-dimensional wonderland.
• Beginner Experience: Beginners will thrill to exposed ridges and memorable vistas while following a more straight-forward route.
• Course Setter: Julien Ouellet

More Information

For more details about the race, please visit the official site: Desert Orienteering Festival.