PNWOF 2026 NREs | Mt Hood Orienteering

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORIENTEERING FESTIVAL
June 12-21, 2026

Registration will open in early March.

Hosted by

EASTERN WASHINGTON ORIENTEERING CLUB

Date

Fri - Jun 12

Sat - Jun 13

Sun - Jun 14

Mon - Jun 15

Tue - Jun 16

Wed - Jun 17

Jun 18-19

Sat - Jun 20

Sun - Jun 21

Hosted By

COC

EWOC

Travel Days

MTHD

Event

Warmup (Beg, Int, Adv)

Middle NRE

Long NRE

Middle

Fun Relay

Middle

Long NRE

Middle NRE

Venue

South Quincy Lakes, WA

Moses Lake Sand Dunes, WA

Fisk State Park, WA

Palisades, WA

Eastern Wash Univ, WA

Cheney Wetlands, WA

Skyline Sno-Park, OR

White River West Sno-Park, OR

Registration Deadlines

Early: Up to Mar 31

Regular: Apr 1 - May 15

Late: May 16 - May 31

Each set of three fees shown below are for early/ regular/ late registrations respectively.

Hosting Club	Event	Juniors	Adults	Rec (at NRE)
COC	Warmup	$25/ $25/ $25	$25/ $25/ $25	N/A
COC	Middle NRE	$25/ $30/ $40	$45/ $50/ $60	$25/ $30/ $40
COC	Long NRE	$25/ $30/ $40	$45/ $50/ $60	$25/ $30/ $40
EWOC	Middle	$20/ $20/ $20	$20/ $20/ $20	N/A
EWOC	Fun Relay	$20/ $20/ $20	$20/ $20/ $20	N/A
EWOC	Middle	$20/ $20/ $20	$20/ $20/ $20	N/A
MTHD	Long NRE	$25/ $30/ $40	$45/ $50/ $60	$25/ $30/ $40
MTHD	Middle NRE	$25/ $30/ $40	$45/ $50/ $60	$25/ $30/ $40

All	All (includes 4 NREs)	$160/ $180/ $220	$240/ $260/ $295	N/A
All	All (Rec. classes only)	$160/ $180/ $220	$160/ $180/ $220	N/A

Preliminary Course Summary

Course	Description	Controls	Length (km)	Climb (m)
Blue/ Rec-Blue	Very long course with advanced navigation	20	7.4	250
Red/ Rec-Red	Long course with advanced navigation	19	5.7	175
Green/ Rec-Green	Medium course with advanced navigation	14	4.3	160
Brown/ Rec-Brown	Short course with advanced navigation	11	3.8	115
Orange/ Rec-Orange	Short off trail course with intermediate navigation	12	3	80
Yellow/ Rec-Yellow	Complex trail or other handrails course	9	2	55
White/ Rec-White	Easy trail course	10	2.3	55

Model courses available beginning on Friday, June 19
- The Skyline Sno-Park model courses will be located in an area just east of the of the Sno-Park parking lot, outside of the embargoed course map area.

Saturday June 20 - Skyline Sno-Park, Maupin, OR [45.174710, -121.678940]
- The mapped area is 95+% forest with only three roads.
- Competitive and Open Classes
- Open classes for white, yellow, orange, brown, green, and red courses
- One recreational class (Rec-Orange)
- Starts will occur between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Sunday June 21 - White River West Sno-Park, Mt Hood, OR
- For details and registration, please see

Organizers

Registrar: Kathleen Kerns (klkerns@mthoodo.org)
Director: Jay Hennigan
Course Setter: Tony Pinkham (apinkham@mthoodo.org)
Vetter: Ali Crocker
Mapper and mapping coordinator: Tony Pinkham
Course Consultant: Peter Goodwin

Registering for the Events

An OUSA account is not required. If you don't have an OUSA membership, select the Enter Data Manually option.
Your registration is not complete until you sign your waiver and pay your fees (adults must sign for minors).
- Parents/Guardians, please register your minor children separately and sign the waver for them.
After registration has closed, we will send an email out with the final instructions for the event.

For the Day 1 event at Skyline Sno Park, we would greatly appreciate any help you can provide. We need volunteers for the following:

Event Center Setup
First aid
Beginner clinics
Check in
Starts
E-punch/Results
Refreshments
Control Pickup
Event Center Cleanup

Volunteers Needed

Suggestions for Lodging and Camping

Government Camp lodges (centrally located to both venues)
- Best Western (lodging for many of the organizers)
- Timberline Lodge (very expensive)
- The Lodge at Government Camp
- Collins Lake Resort
- Thunderhead Lodge
- Mazama Lodge
- Summit Meadow Cabins
Welches lodges
- Whispering Woods Resort
- Cabins Creekside at Welches
Mt Hood Village
- Mt Hood Oregon Resort
- Mt Air Motel
Sandy
- Best Western Sandy

Cabin rental websites (search for Government Camp, Parkdale, Welches, and Mt Hood Village areas)
Links to lots of Mt Hood National Forest camping sites:
- Map Hood National Forest Campground Map
Camping can also be found in the towns of Sandy, Hood River, and Mosier:

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORIENTEERING FESTIVAL
June 12-21, 2026

OUSA Competitive and Open Classes

Links to bulletins will appear on this tab.

Preliminary Course Summary

Organizers

Registering for the Events

Volunteers Needed

Suggestions for Lodging and Camping

Driving Directions

Mt Hood Orienteering

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORIENTEERING FESTIVAL June 12-21, 2026

Preliminary Course Summary

Organizers

Registering for the Events

Volunteers Needed

Suggestions for Lodging and Camping

Driving Directions

Mt Hood Orienteering

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ORIENTEERING FESTIVAL
June 12-21, 2026