Mountain bike orienteering is an endurance sport attracting both orienteering and mountain bike enthusiasts. The most important orienteering skills needed are route choice and map memory. Confident bike handling and ability to cope with slopes both up and down is an absolute must for a top level athlete. As an environmental safeguard, competitors may not normally leave paths and tracks though it can exceptionally be permitted in some countries.

Mountain bike orienteering is one of the newer of the orienteering disciplines administered by the International Orienteering Federation. It started in the late 1980s at club level in countries where mountain biking was a popular outdoor sport. In 1997 national championships were run in 12 countries; 12 years later, in 2009, their numbers grew to 58.

World Championships in Mountain Bike Orienteering is organised every year attracting about 25 national teams. There is also a Junior MTBO WOC  – our relay team has made the podium in past years.