Forest Event at Redwater Natural Area
on the Dalmuir map
Location map    Weather forecast
Date:  Sunday September 26, 2010
Come prepared for any weather and wear old clothes.  Long pants are always better than shorts for orienteering on intermediate and advanced courses!  Please bring a watch.
Location:  approximately 12 km east of Redwater.  See directions below Location map
Map: Dalmuir 1:10,000   2.5m contours.  This area is embargoed for three weeks prior to the event.
Sandy pine forest with some deadfall. All of course 1 & 2 and the first half of all other courses are in an area not used by ATVs.
Registration, beginners' clinics and starts:  noon - 2pm.  Register on-the-day only.
Courses close at 5pm - everyone must check back in by that time, finished or not. Controls will be collected in at 5pm
Courses/Loops:    distances as the crow flies
1 Beginner/family/solo junior course/loop with controls on or close to paths or other handrails (such as fences, vegetation boundaries).  2.3km
2 Novice, with controls 50 -100m from 'handrails' such as trails, fences etc.  3.2km
3 Intermediate course/loop, with legs across country and controls on larger features than technically difficult courses. There is often a 'catching feature' beyond the control (such as a path or conspicuous hill). 4.7km
4 Advanced / technically difficult course. 4.0km
7 Longer Advanced / technically difficult course. 8.0km
Directions:   Location map

From North Edmonton:  take Hwy 28 north from the city.  
Take the Redwater turn-off.  
After the initial bend, drive dead straight (=due east) for approx 14.5 km to RR204.  (Road surface changes from asphalt to gravel; road # changes twice, ending up as Twp 574!)  JUST DRIVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE.  
At RR204, turn south/right.  The registration/start area is at the end of this dead end road - about 1.5km.

 

Alternate route from the south and east side of Edmonton:  take Hwys 21 and/or 15 past Fort Saskatchewan to Secondary Highway 830 (sign posted Vinca Bridge).  Turn north (left) onto SH 830.  At the end of SH 830, turn west (left) onto Hwy 38 and cross Vinca Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River.  Approximately 2 km after crossing the bridge turn right (east) onto Victoria Trail.  A little more than 4km down the graveled Victoria Trail, turn left/north onto RR205.  At the end of RR205 at the T junction, turn right/east onto Twp 574.  Go 1.6km east, then turn right/south down RR204. The registration/start area is at the end of this dead end road - about 1.5km.
Location map
Entry fees:
Members

$7 for an individual or for a couple/small group sharing a map.
+$2 SPORTident rental fee (deposit of driver’s permit required to rent an SI card)
Non-members:

$9 for an individual or for a couple/small group sharing a map.
+$2 SPORTident rental fee (deposit of driver’s permit required to rent an SI card)
Whistle

compulsory - bring one or buy one from the registrar for $1
Compass

bring your own or you may rent one from the registrar for $1 (deposit of driver’s permit required to rent a compass)
Additional maps for groups: $3 each.

Please bring a watch. (Loaners available if you forget)
Organiser:  Gene B (COF Level 3 official) 
For more information:
Marilyn EOOC Events Coordinator (780) 455 1916
 

 

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