What is Rogaining?

Rogaining is a team orienteering sport conducted over long distances in the countryside. A team, consisting of 2-5 participants, visits control points in a chosen sequence within a specified time limit. The main goal is to navigate freely in the terrain using a map and compass to collect as many checkpoints as possible, with points awarded for visiting each control point. Teams, which are divided into different categories based on age and gender, are ranked based on the total number of points they accumulate. In the case of a tie, the team that completes the course in the shortest time is ranked higher.

In Latvia, rogaining events are most commonly 3, 4, and 6 hours long, but 1, 2, 8, and 12-hour competitions also occur. The official rogaining time limit is 24 hours, and this format is used for world, European, and national championships.

WHY TRY IT?

 

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT PACE

Together with your team, you can decide whether you want to run, walk briskly, or stroll leisurely, with a dog or a baby stroller, wade through swamps, or climb hills, or simply enjoy a relaxed walk on forest trails.


TIME SPENT IN FRESH AIR

What could be more beautiful than a walk in nature with added orienteering elements? While navigating through the forest and engaging in conversations, you won't even notice how quickly the competition's time limit arrives, and after finishing, you'll already be looking for the next event.


DISCOVER NEW PLACES IN LATVIA

The most beautiful swamps, the most mushroom-rich corners of the forest, cranberry and blueberry patches... After exploring the forest with friends, you can proudly share the new locations you've discovered!

HERE YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT K-PUNKTS PREVIOUSLY ORGANIZED EVENTS:

    BAJARi ROGAINING 2023      RIGA NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTEERING CUP 2024       RUN INTO WINTER 2021      

K-punktS team's recommendations for successful first competitions

AGREE ON YOUR PERSONAL GOAL

Whether it is a top place in the group, listening to bird sounds and observing animals, striving to perfectly find all the checkpoints, or simply the desire to spend time together

READ THE COMPETITION RULES AND PRE-START INFORMATION CAREFULLY!

There is often very important information that, if ignored, can mean team disqualification.

THE TEAM IS ONLY AS FAST AS ITS SLOWEST MEMBER

Be honest with your teammate, be patient with each other, and listen! Rogaining not only improves physical fitness but also requires concentration and mental preparation, which often makes you forget that you are participating as a team in the competition.

PREPARE THOROUGHLY FOR THE COMPETITION

Plan your travel to the competition center, arrive on time, plan the items to take with you on the course (water, food, clothes, medicines, wipes, etc.). On the day of the rogaining, there will certainly be nervousness, which always increases the chance of forgetting something.

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