Blackfoot Wednesday

Wednesday in the Forest
(but actually mostly in a pasture area and surrounded by a fence)

Wednesday May 10, 2023

Waskehegan Staging Area, Cooking Lake/Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area

Bring your DRIVER’S LICENSE to registration to borrow a SPORTident electronic timing card (and compass and whistle if you don’t have your own).

SAME TIME: register from 6:30 to 7:30pm; course closing at 9:00pm.

SAME FEES: $5 per map for members, free for O-Pass holders, and $10 for members-for-a-day.
– includes a SPORTident electronic timing card. Deposit of driver’s licence required.
– includes a rental compass, or bring your own
– includes a rental whistle, or bring your own – any kind will do (groups need only one between them)

MORE COURSES to choose from

  • short/easy – 2.4km with 14 controls, following handrails (foot paths, edge of trees,) some following flagging, some on tops of hills or visible from the previous control.
  • intermediate- 3.5km – route choices to be made; catching features to stop you over-shooting, controls off-trail on distinct features .
  • medium 4.0km short advanced including going under or through fences This one for City Cup Medium
  • long advanced course 5.2km – with controls across country (crossing under or through fences) and possibly getting wet feet .  This one for City Cup Long
    city cup rules

WEAR:
– old runners (could be marshy, but this year it’s mostly dry!)
long pants, even if it’s a hot day, as there are rose briars (and perhaps ticks) lurking in the long grass.
insect repellent, sunscreen

TAKE:
– dry shoes and socks to change into afterwards
– whistle (any kind will do) and compass if you have them, or borrow them from the registrar
– something to tell the time
– drivers licence to rent SPORTident timing card and/or compass and/or whistle

LOCATION: 20 km east of Sherwood Park.  Registration is usually in the shelter on the east side of the parking lot or close.
There are better than average outhouses on site.
Reasonable cell phone coverage over most of the map.

DIRECTIONS and LOCATION MAP

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