Finding the way to fun: Lone Pine hosts first orienteering event
Sara Bednarcik consults her map shortly after reaching one of the checkpoints during the Grizzly Orienteering event at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Asher, Anna and Brooks Stanfield of Kalispell receive a crash course in orienteering from Team USA member Caroline Sandbo at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Grizzly Orienteering founder Boris Granovskiy gives some last-minute advice to a newcomer at the orienteering event at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Advanced course participants Gregory Balter, Tom Case and Jesse Nelson compare notes after running the orienteering course at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
The Nelson family, Lily (13), Evelyn (8), Maggie and Jesse get tips from Team USA member Siri Christopherson before taking on Grizzly Orienteering's course at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Chloe Luce inserts the timing chip into the checkpoint while making her way through the orienteering course at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
A map and compass were the tools used by participants Sunday as they made their way through Grizzly Orienteering's course at Lone Pine State Park. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Sara Bednarcik consults with Team USA member Siri Christopherson before taking on the orienteering course at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
With compass and map in hand, more than three dozen adventurers took to the trails of Lone Pine State Park last Sunday for Grizzly Orienteering’s first-ever event in the Flathead Valley.
A sport that challenges participants to find their way across uneven terrain to reach numerous checkpoints using navigational skills, orienteering is a popular sport in Europe that is quickly gaining traction in the United States...
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