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Kainuu Orienteering Week

Kainuu Orienteering Week (open courses / recreational orienteering events)

Two happy orienteers in the forest of Kainuu O Week
Price / person
starting from

15 €

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Season

Summer

The 57th Kainuu Orienteering Week will be organized in the great terrains of Vuokatinvaara in Vuokatti (Sotkamo) from June 29 to July 4, 2025. Open courses of the orienteering week offer orienteering experiences suitable for everyone in Kainuu's great orienteering terrains and in the relaxed and safe atmosphere of the one of the biggest orienteering event in Finland.

Programme description

The 57th Kainuu Orienteering Week will be organized in the great terrains of Vuokatinvaara in Vuokatti (Sotkamo) from June 29 to July 4, 2025. Open courses of the orienteering week offer orienteering experiences suitable for everyone in Kainuu’s great orienteering terrains and in the relaxed and safe atmosphere of the one of the biggest orienteering event in Finland. You can participate in the Kainuu O Week’s open courses (recreational orienteering) for individual days or sign up for the whole week at once. In Kainuu O-Week there are four (4) competition days and two (2) rest days.

The following open courses are available:

– Adventure Track (Rastiralli): An adventurous signposted orienteering course in the vicinity of Muksula (kids day care), with fun tasks along an easy and short course, suitable for the youngest in the family. No timing. You can circle the course alone or with a parent/guardian/group.

– Family-RR category: A signposted orienteering course aimed at the youngest members of the family (Check course = RR). In this category, time is taken and daily results are provided, but the overall results (whole week) are not calculated and no place awards are given. You can circle the course alone or with a parent/guardian/group.

– OPEN C, B and A courses: In these series, time is taken and daily results are provided, but the overall results (whole week) are not calculated and no place awards are given:

–– Open C-short / C-long: Normal orienteering course, easy skill level, suitable for orienteering beginners.

–– Open B-short / B-medium / B-long: Normal orienteering course, normal skill level, for experienced orienteers

–– Open A-short / A-medium / A-long: Normal orienteering course, difficult skill level, for competitive and elite orienteers

In open courses (C-A) you can also orienteer with a friend or in a group, but each participant registers separately and receives personal competition number, competition card, results and split times.

Programme information

Opening hours

  • Tuesday: 11:00-17:00
  • Thursday: 11:00-17:00
  • Friday: 10:00-16:00
  • Sunday: 13:00-19:00

Address

Otrantie 7 B, 88600 Sotkamo

Two happy orienteers in the forest of Kainuu O Week
Young orienteer at the finishline of Kainuu O Week
Two happy orienteers in the forest of Kainuu O Week
Orienteer with nice scenery in the terrain of Kainuu O Week
Young orienteer running in the terrain of Kainuu O Week
Orienteer heading for next control point in the terrain of Kainuu O Week

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