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Desert Orienteering Festival

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Borrego Springs, California, United States

calendar_today 17 Jan, 2026 – 19 Jan, 2026

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About the Event

Please consider volunteering. All volunteers will receive an email with a $50 coupon toward registration per slot.

REMINDER: DOF26 will not be offering OUSA categories. Run any race you want!

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Saturday, Jan 17th

The Adventure Trek

12pm Mass Start

The festival kicks off with a 2-hour score orienteering Adventure Trek, where both experienced and beginner participants can chart their own path through the desert.

This year’s challenge takes place in the vast flatlands northeast of Buttes Pass, where navigational precision and overland speed will be the keys to victory.

Course Setter: Chris Day

Sunday, Jan 18th

The Classic

Starts 10am-11:30am

Measure your fitness and navigation skills against the best in a traditional 7-course classic orienteering competition that will span both technical and fast terrain.

Beginners can stick to the basic White course or use their newly built skills to take on the Yellow or Orange competitions.

Course Setter: Matej Sebo

The Night Goat

5pm Mass Start

Are you ready to take on the desert at night?

This modified format will extend our Goat (8-10km), Borrego (4-5km), and Beginner mass start tradition, but with a dusk start time. Following is encouraged, but as night settles and the group splinters, you might face the dark desert alone to complete this point-to-point course. Beginners who want just a taste of the night can opt for a lighted guide.

Course Setter: Mark Prior

Monday, Jan 19th

The Maze Middle

Starts 9am-11am

Navigate the slot canyons and steep slopes of the iconic "Maze" in a middle distance 7-course point to point competition. The distances will be short, but the complexity high, with numerous route options and physical challenges between controls in this three-dimensional wonderland.

Beginners will thrill to exposed ridges and memorable vistas while following a more straight-forward route.

Course Setter: Julien Ouellet

Races Offered

The Adventure Trek

Jan 17, 2026

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Distance — The Adventure Trek

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Type — Running

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12:00

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$35.00

Classic - Blue

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Blue

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - Brown

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Brown

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - Green

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Green

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - Orange

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Orange

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - Red

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Red

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - White

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - White

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Classic - Yellow

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Classic - Yellow

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Type — Running

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10:00

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$35.00

Night Goat - Beginner

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Night Goat - Beginner

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17:00

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$35.00

Night Goat - Borrego (Intermediate)

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Night Goat - Borrego (Intermediate)

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Type — Running

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17:00

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$35.00

Night Goat - Goat (Advanced)

Jan 18, 2026

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Distance — Night Goat - Goat (Advanced)

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Type — Running

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17:00

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$35.00

Maze - Blue

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Blue

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Maze - Brown

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Brown

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Maze - Green

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Green

terrain

Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Maze - Orange

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Orange

terrain

Type — Running

timer

09:00

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$35.00

Maze - Red

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Red

terrain

Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Maze - White

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - White

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Maze - Yellow

Jan 19, 2026

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Distance — Maze - Yellow

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Type — Running

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09:00

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$35.00

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in Borrego Springs.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 8.1° / 18.6°

wb_sunny 4.7° / 15.3°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 6.6 /

water_drop 43.9%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 8.1° / 18.6°

wb_sunny 4.7° / 15.3°

air 6.6 km/h

water_drop 43.9%

About Borrego Springs

Learn more about the host city, Borrego Springs.

Borrego Springs is a town of 3,100 people (2020), in the Inland part of San Diego County, California, in a desert valley forming the westernmost part of the Sonoran Desert. It is the main town in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which surrounds the valley.