location_city Borrego Springs
location_on California
flag United States
calendar_today 17 Jan, 2026 – 19 Jan, 2026
directions_run Running
language Official Website
RegisterPlease 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
Jan 17, 2026
Distance — The Adventure Trek
Type — Trail running
12:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Blue
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Brown
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Green
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Orange
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Red
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - White
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Classic - Yellow
Type — Trail running
10:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Night Goat - Beginner
Type — Trail running
17:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Night Goat - Borrego (Intermediate)
Type — Trail running
17:00
Jan 18, 2026
Distance — Night Goat - Goat (Advanced)
Type — Trail running
17:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Blue
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Brown
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Green
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Orange
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Red
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - White
Type — Trail running
09:00
Jan 19, 2026
Distance — Maze - Yellow
Type — Trail running
09:00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for January in 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.
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calendar_today Jan 24, 2026
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