How to Participate in Street Scramble

A team plans their strategyA team plans their strategy

1. Learn more about what happens in a Street Scramble event.

Visit "The Street Scramble Experience" for details.

2. Which Street Scramble events do you want to do?

The schedule is on our home page. There is a series championship for best 3 out of the first five events.

3. Team or solo? Foot or bike?

You may participate solo, or in a team of 2 to 5. Form your team before event day.

All events have a foot division (includes strollers and wheelchairs), and most also have a bike division (includes skates, skateboards, and non-motorized scooters). Terry greets a dogTerry greets a dog

Can you bring your dog? Yes! Just be ready to tie your dog outside briefly for the very few checkpoints that are indoors.

4. Preregister to save money.

Our standard pre-registration fee is $20/person, with special discounts for youth, families, volunteers, and orienteers. You can register day-of-event for a few dollars more. Visit our Register page for details.

If you don't know who is going to be on your team yet, you can register individually. A solo bike participantA solo bike participant

5. Read about rules, safety, and preparation.

Before event day, take time to read our Rules and What to Wear and Bring pages. These will help you prepare for event day. We do not go over the rules in detail on event day, so read them ahead of time.

6. Come join the fun.

Street Scramble locations are listed on our home page. Event day schedule for most Street Scramble events is as follows:

  • Registration and check in: 8:30-9:30 am
  • Map issue and briefing: 9:25. This gives you a half hour to plan which checkpoints to visit and in what order.
  • Final briefing: 9:57.
  • Start: 10:00 am
  • 90 minute finish and refreshments: 11:30 am
  • 3 hour finish and refreshments: 1:00 pm

You don't have to decide ahead of time whether to participate for 90 minutes or 3 hours.


Championship Series events

March 20 Alki, April 25 U-District, May 29 Gig Harbor, June 26 Port Orchard, August 21 Kirkland
Schedule differs slightly; check close to event date for details.

July 24 Night & Day Street Scramble - Venue TBA: Registration and check in 1:00-3:00 p.m.; map issue 2:30; briefing 3:30; start 4pm; 90 minute finish 5:30pm; 3 hour finish 7pm

      

Approximately 45 minutes after each finish, award ribbons are given to the top five individuals and/or teams in the following eleven categories:

  • Women
  • Men
  • Mixed (men and women)
  • Veteran Women (average age of team 50+)
  • Veteran Men
  • Mixed Veteran
  • Junior (all team members under 18)
  • Family (at least one person 12/under on team traveling under own power)
  • Family PeeWee (at least one person 8/under traveling under own power entire Scramble
  • Family Stroller (team with kids, all in backpacks/strollers)
  • Corporate (team named after business or non-profit; at least two teammates [one if solo] are owners, employees, or members)

Awards are granted separately for the 90-minute and 3-hour time limits, and for foot and bike.

 


Street Scramble® Resources

Frequent participant Doug Beyerlein has developed a PowerPoint presentation, filled with photos, describing what Street Scramble is all about. (18MB, recommended for high speed connections only.) You can check out a sample Street Scramble map (670KB) and question sheet – be sure to zoom in on the map for full resolution, and be aware that our printed maps are even more finely detailed.