Sun - Mar 25, 2012 - Crows Nest Preserve-French Creek

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Event Director: John De Wolf  
Course Setter: Mike Bertram and see choices to Volunteer to help at this event 🙏

ED/CS Notes:

Welcome to Crow's Nest Preserve and the French Creek South orienteering map.Course setter's and map maker's comments can be found below. Please note important bridge closing information below.

Parking will be tight, but manageable. Please follow the directions of our volunteers and park where directed. You might give yourself a little extra time to get to the park given the bridge closing and parking contraints.

We can still use a few people to sign up as volunteers at http://www.dvoa.org/events/vols/vol.php?sked_id=811

Map Maker’s & Course Setter’s Notes

 

Welcome to the Crow’s Nest Preserve and the French Creek South orienteering map.  The map covers Natural Land Trust’s Crow’s Nest Preserve and portions of State Gamelands #43.  A section of the French Creek Central map has also been included on the north of the map as that area has its best access from the south.
The landscape of the map is varied including parts of the floodplain of French Creek, agricultural fields, and sections of woodland at various stages of maturity.  The area at the south end of the map has an exposure of diabase rock, a type of granite.  This leads to rocky areas, cliffs, and some huge boulders.  There is evidence of small-scale quarrying in places.  The advanced courses will have the opportunity of playing in the rocks.
In places the runnability is lower than shown on the map due to downed branches from the October snowstorm.  The ground is generally wetter than shown on the map.
Roads: all the courses, except White, cross roads.  Take care when crossing as the line of sight is poor in places.
Ticks: there are areas with high concentrations of ticks.  Check for ticks after orienteering, or even better, get a friend to check you over.  

Important Traffic Alert

PennDOT will be replacing the last of three structurally-deficient state highway bridges on Harmonyville Road starting March 19. This bridge is between Route 345 (Pine Swamp Road) and Bethesda Road. If you are traveling to the preserve from the west, or following directions that lead you to the preserve from Route 23 via Route 345, you will be directed to follow a detour.

A map showing the location of the closed bridge, as well as the parking and start/finish areas for our event can be found at http://g.co/maps/ynhwu

Additional info at http://www.natlands.org/preserves-to-visit/blog/crows-nest-traffic-alert-harmonyville-road-west-of-preserve-will-close-tomorrow-for-bridge-replacement/

 

Map Location:


Previous Results from this Map:
  Jul 07, 2019
  Sep 28, 2014
  Apr 21, 2013

Courses Information:

Course	Distance	Climb	Ctrls
White	1.30km	20.0m	4
Yellow	2.70km	75.0m	7
Orange	4.40km	120.0m	7
Brown	4.20km	65.0m	10
Green	4.80km	135.0m	8
Red	6.50km	150.0m	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.

Legend
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
	E-Punching
	Confirmed Event
	Special Event
Example O-Signs: