

The Southern Michigan Orienteering Club puts on 4-6 events in the Spring and in the Fall every year. These events are open to the public and are typically held on Sunday afternoons. People of all ages and skill levels participate.
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Each participant (or team) is given a detailed orienteering map on to which they copy the locations of the orange and white flags, or controls. The participants then set off into the woods with the map and a compass to locate the controls in a specific order. The winner is the person (or group) which locates all of the controls and returns to the check-in area in the shortest amount of time.
There are other variants (E.g. Score-O, Night-O, etc.) that have different rules. Occasionally the club puts on an event with these alternate rules.
Each event typically has 4-5 levels of competition
- White (Beginner)
- Yellow (Advanced Beginner)
- Orange (Intermediate)
- Green (Short Advanced)
- Red (Advanced)