The Teanaway Navigation Race

The Teanaway Navigation Race

The Teanaway Navigation Race takes place in the Teanaway Valley near Cle Elum, Washington. The event is held in the Teanaway Community Forest, featuring a landscape of open pine forests, clearings, and wildflowers. The terrain includes sandy soil with ankle-high grass, woody shrubs, and some thickets. Participants navigate through the area using a highly detailed orienteering map at a 1:15000 scale, which provides color-coded vegetation data to indicate passability. The course utilizes a mix of service roads, gravel roads, and single-track trails.

The event offers three distinct duration options:

• 2-hour Nav Race
• 4-hour Nav Race
• 8-hour Nav Race

On the morning of the race, a free Introduction to Navigation session is provided. This session covers map reading, contour lines, basic navigation, and how to use a compass. The start, finish, and registration area is located on W Fork Teanaway Road. Parking is available along the south side of the road, and a Discover Pass is required for all vehicles parking or camping within the Teanaway Community Forest.

Free camping is available at the West Fork Teanaway Campground, located less than a mile from the start. This primitive site offers pit toilets but no running water or electricity. In addition to the navigation race on Saturday, a separate trail run featuring multiple distances is held the following day in the same valley. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.