Basler und Muttenzer Winter-OL

Announcement: Basel and Muttenz Winter Orienteering

To kick off the orienteering season, we invite all runners to the traditional Basel Winter Orienteering event. And since TV Muttenz Athletics and OLG Basel are teaming up this year, it’s also the Muttenz Winter Orienteering Race. The race will take place on the Rütihard map, newly added in fall 2026, in a varied running area just outside Basel.

Course Setting / Control Points

Gabriel Dorn / Hanna Müller

Map

Rütihard 1:10,000, as of Fall 2026, Cartography: Cäsar Scherrer

Start Times

Open start between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., walk to the start: 10 minutes, finish closes at 2:30 p.m.

Competition Center

The competition center is located at Margelacker Stadium. The route to the competition center from the bus stop and parking lot is marked. Showers and changing rooms are available.

Getting There by Public Transportation

Bus 60, Unterwart stop, or Tram 14, Käppeli stop

Getting There by Car

Travel by public transit or bike is recommended. Limited parking available at the stadium

Registration

via OL-Events: https://ol-events.ch/races/1061

Registration deadline

Wednesday, January 20, 2027

Late Registration

Available on race day, as long as maps are available. Late registration fee: CHF 5.00

Introductory Course

For beginners. Meet at 10:30 a.m. at the information desk. Separate registration is not required.

Introductory Orienteering

For beginners and children on the stadium and school grounds. Here, participants can learn how to use a map and compass and become familiar with the procedures in a simple setting (with timing, but no rankings).

Categories / Courses

Open Black / H16 (approx. 10 performance kilometers, challenging)

Open Red / D16 (approx. 7 performance kilometers, challenging)

Open Orange (approx. 6 performance kilometers, easy to intermediate)

Open Violet / DH14 (approx. 5 performance kilometers, intermediate)

Open Blue / DH12 (approx. 4 performance kilometers, easy)

Open Green / DH10 (approx. 3.5 performance kilometers, easy)

Recommendations for inexperienced runners:

Athletic: Open Orange

Recreational runners and families: Open Blue

Entry fee

Born in 2007 or later: CHF 10.00

Born in 2006 or earlier: CHF 16.00

Additional maps: CHF 4.00

SPORTident rental badges: free; CHF 60.00 if lost

SJM NWS

For the D/H 10–16 categories, this race counts toward the Northwest Switzerland School and Youth Orienteering Championships (SJM).

Refreshments

A small selection of refreshments available at the race center

Results / Livelox

via Swiss-Orienteering: https://o-l.ch/ Livelox will be available starting at 1:00 p.m.

Insurance and Liability

Participants are responsible for their own insurance. To the extent permitted by law, the organizer accepts no liability. Entering the forest is at your own risk. In the event of adverse conditions (e.g., a storm), the race must be canceled. Information at olg-basel.ch.

Privacy / Photos

By registering, you accept the privacy policy of OLG Basel, ROLV NWS, and SOLV and consent to the publication of photos taken at the event.

Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.