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Enjoy the spring weather and come ORIENTEERING!Go out solo, or with friends or family, and feel the energy of several busloads of JROTC student athletes competing!
Public pre-registration here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1COXCQMRKBYjbIcp3ov9wBL3yAANJiIJvdjWlQEtVlcE
We are staging in a pavilion near the Silver River Museum & Environmental Center. WE ARE NOT IN THE MAIN SPRING ENTRANCE, but near the CAMPING.
Read further for Google and Apple Maps info, and What3Words address.
SCHEDULE:
9am to 1 pm: Registration at the venue
9:30am - 1:00pm: Participants/teams start.
Time limit of 3 hours, but all must be back before 3:00 pm when the courses close.
COURSES OFFERED - Course distances to be announced.
WHITE- for first timers and kids. Course is all on trails with control points prominently presented.
YELLOW - for beginners. Course is mostly on trails with control points a short distance into the woods. There may be opportunities for those who feel able to take short cuts through the woods.
ORANGE - intermediate difficulty. Mix of on- trail and off-trail, generally relying on the more obvious mapped features.
GREEN - advanced course off trail and reliant on the subtler features of the terrain.
BLUE - the longest advanced course.
COSTS:
Course fee: $12 for FLO members; $15 for non-members
E-stick timer rental is $3/team for those who don’t own one.
Compass: bring your own or rent one for $2/ each.
Venue fee - TBD- sometimes parks have us collect their fee, sometimes they collect it at the entrance.
GETTING THERE:
We are NOT at the park entrance by the spring head, but closer to the campgrounds.
Our club uses an app, called What 3 Words, that gives a PRECISE location of where we are staging. Download it and put in this location: ///conventional.hiked.alligators
Apple/Google Maps: search for “Silver River Museum & Environmental Education Center” then look for our Orange and White signs to direct you to the south part of the parking lot.
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