2024 EMPO Spring Schedule
May 4 – Dyken Pond Environmental Center [New map!]
475 Dyken Pond Rd, Cropseyville, NY 12052
Meet director: Phil Hawkes-Teeter
Course Notes
May 18 – Moreau Lake State Park
605 Old Saratoga Rd, Gansevoort, NY 12831
Meet director: Gabor Bobok
June 1 – Kinns Road Park, followed by Annual Meeting
625 Kinns Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Meet director: Laszlo Kolyvek
More details will be posted closer to each event!
Google Map of EMPO Meet Venues
2024 List of Nearby Events
March 20 – WCOC: Gay City State Park, Hebron, CT
April 5-7 – OUSA Masters Nationals, Cincinnati, OH
April 13-15 – West Point NRE
April 20 – WCOC: Huntington Park, Redding, CT
April 21 – Long Island Classic NRE
April 27-28 – WCOC: Hurd St. Park & Pond Mt.
May 5 – NEOC: Baldwin Hill, Phillipston, MA
May 11 – WCOC: US Sprint Team Trials
May 12 – UNO: Billygoat, Gilford, NH
May 19 – HVO: Blue Mountain, Peekskill, NY
May 26 – HVO: Westmorland, Mount Kisco, NY
June 9 – HVO: Prospect Park, Bronx, NY
June 15 – WCOC: Ratlum Mountain, Canton, CT
Aug. 2-11 – Canadian & North American Championship – Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa ON
More details on these and other events at https://www.attackpoint.org/events.jsp or https://orienteeringusa.org/events/
EMPO will hold O on the Plat-O, a National Ranking Event, Sept. 28-29, 2024 at Rotary Scout Reservation and Pineridge Ski Center. More information here!
EMPO hosts 2024 Empire State Winter Games – more details, along with other EMPO news, here!
Meet Procedures
EMPO holds regular club foot orienteering meets in the Albany area during the spring and fall. These are augmented by ski orienteering events a little further afield during the winter months.
An annual EMPO membership covers entry fees for all club foot-o events. Entry fees for national meets organized by EMPO and EMPO ski-o events. are not included. Non-members pay a fee of $10 per local event.
Club meets are open to members and non-members alike. Usually 3 or 4 courses are offered, ranging from beginner to advanced. You may try a course by yourself, with a partner or with a larger group. You can walk leisurely around the course or run a competitive navigational race. A map of your chosen course is included in the registration fee, and you get to keep it after you finish to review later. You will also need a compass and an electronic timing stick to record your time, both of which can be rented on site. The Registration and Start window for EMPO events is usually 2 hours (check course notes for exact times)
and there is generally a 2-3 hour time limit per course, after which controls are picked up. All participants are requested to return to the start/finish area before leaving the venue, even if you don’t complete your course, for safety purposes.
If dogs are permitted at the venue you are welcome to bring yours along. Please ensure it is leashed at all times, be prepared to clean up any messes that others could step in, and take care that it does not interfere with other runners passing you or with orienteers at a control. If you have questions about a venue’s policy please check with the EMPO meet director.
Click here for more details about meet procedures.