- Sun - Mar 30, 2014 - French Creek State Park West
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Event Director: Bob Gross
Course Setter: Ed Scott and see choices to Volunteer to help at this event 🙏
ED/CS Notes:
French Creek West was first used for the 1982 US Championships. The original mapper suggested mapping of the charcoal terraces since much of the terrain was relatively bland, and in some areas point features were nonexistent. Since then, thousands of Orienteers have had varying levels of success in finding these little flat spots in the woods. Sunday is the day to become an expert in finding them. All courses Orange and above will see lots of charcoal terraces. White and Yellow will see many less.
The current 2002 map now has a few problems caused by some extra blackberry briars and some minor trail relocations. The old trail beds are still visible, but not maintained and the new trails are parallel to them, often within sight, but sometimes not. One small trail that is necessary for White, is difficult to see and has been streamered (yellow streamers). It includes two small detours around fallen trees.
Success on the advanced courses will require careful navigation and the willingness/ability to make mid-leg adjustments to the initial game plan.
I have to leave early on Sunday, so if you want to shoot the course setter you will have to start early and run fast.
Here are the course notes that will be posted at Registration.
COURSE SETTERS NOTES FCW 3/30/14
White: Note that control #60 is both White 3 and White 7. Be sure to punch #60 as control 3, then do 4, 5, & 6 in the proper order; then punch #60 again as control #7 before going to #8.
The route from 3 to 4 is streamered with yellow ribbons as the trail is indistinct and has a couple trees down near each end.
Yellow: The clusters of Group Camp cabins each now have a large toilet and shower room. These buildings are not on the map. The original small cabins are marked accurately and the main road connecting them has not been altered.
Orange: Control 3 will have drinking water. It was not in the original plan so is not on the clue sheet.
Orange & Advanced:
The green areas of the map tend to be of the thorny variety. Pick your battles carefully. When I put out the ribbons I did use the compass a lot and did lots of straight line walking to be sure I had the correct feature. It wasn’t much fun. But while hanging the flags I kept the compass in my pack, my head up, and navigated around the briars to the ribbons with little difficulty.
There are a couple trails that have been rerouted to avoid wet or overused areas. They tend to be close to the original trail. The only one near a control is on the approach to BLUE #3, Control #39. The blue blazed trail is following the property line marked on the map while the overgrown trail runs more or less parallel a few meters to the south. As far as accessing the control, this is a good thing.
Map Location:
Previous Results from this Map:
Mar 30, 2014
Courses Information:
Course Distance Climb Ctrls White 2.70km 85.0m 9 Yellow 3.10km 110.0m 7 Orange 4.80km 135.0m 7 Brown 4.70km 140.0m 7 Green 5.60km 180.0m 8 Red 6.60km 175.0m 9 Blue 8.20km 205.0m 11
Full Schedule (old style)
PDF Schedule
Unless otherwise noted:
- Pre-registration is recommended, discounted, and open until Thursday night, before the event.
- Day-of-registration is available, at $10 for beginners, and $20 for other courses.
All starts are from 10:00am until 1:00pm unless otherwise noted. Follow the text directions and look for Orienteering road signs as you near the park.
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| W | White, beginner level 3km or less |
| Y | Yellow, advanced beginner 2.5 to 4km |
| O | Orange, intermediate 3.5 to 5.5km |
| Br | Brown, Short Advanced 3 to 5km |
| G | Green, Advanced 4.5 - 7km |
| R | Red, Longer Advanced 6 - 10km |
| Bl | Blue, Long Advanced 8 - 14kms |
| Sc | Score-O |
| Sp | Sprint-O |
| Adv | Advanced |
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