Updated January 25th, 2021 – Now Live -> Register HERE
Due to St. Louis County Covid restrictions, this will be a DIY event. Online registration is opened for this event. Online registration will result in sending a download link for the course map to print at home. Then enjoy the courses and send your times and results to yvonnedeyo@yahoo.com
When: The courses will be open from 12 noon January 23, 2021 to park closing on January 31, 2021. During this timeframe, participants may run their course anytime the park is open.
Registration: All participants will be required to sign up online for the event. Maps and clue sheets download link will be part of the registration confirmation email.
Courses: Yellow (beginner), Orange (intermediate), Green (advanced – shorter distance), and Red (advanced – longer distance) courses will be offered.
There will be a NEW start and finish location this year!!
Map Printing: Please note that maps should be printed on 11×17 paper, or you can copy the course onto an existing map.
COVID: Participants are asked to only run the course with family members, not to exceed 10 individuals.
Masks are required and social distancing will be required in the park.
Masks can be taken off once the individual is adequately spaced apart from other members of the public.
Participants are asked not to congregate after they run the course and immediately leave the area.· Send your result in as indicated on your registration email. Results will be posted online.
Come celebrate the holidays by spending time in the woods! We’ll be setting up both beginning and intermediate point-to-point courses at one of St Charles County’s best parks, Indian Camp Creek
The courses will be available from December 24th, 2020 through Saturday January 2nd, 2021.
Participants can choose to do the course on their own anytime during those dates, or come out with the group on January 2, 2021 at 9:00 am.
Beginner course: $10 per adult, $5 per youth, $30 max per family. $0 for members.
Intermediate course: $20 per adult, $5 per youth, $30 max per family. $0 for members.
Both 2020 and 2021 members may use their memberships for this meet. Only 2021 members will be able to use their membership at the Babler meet on January 23 so be sure to renew your membership for 2021 today!
Format: We’ll give you a pre-marked map with the checkpoints on it. In a Point-to-point course, the checkpoints must be found in the order specified on the map. We’ll have a short beginner course (2.9 km) and a longer intermediate course (7.9 km) available to chose from.
Virtual Option: If you do the event on your own, you can either pick up the map (with checkpoints pre-marked) at the meet director’s house in Cottleville/St Peters at any time (they’ll be outside the front door). Or, you can have a scanned digital version sent via email. Email the meet director at mckelley24@gmail.com ahead of time to ensure a map is ready and waiting. Once you get the map, you can go to Indian Camp Creek at any time between December 24, 2020 and January 2, 2021. For safety, it’s recommended you inform someone of your plans. It’s also suggested you email your plan and emergency contacts to the meet director. Start at the youth camping area and track your time. Remember, your goal is to get all points in the order specified on the map. When you’re done, send your time and a picture of the punch card to the meet director. The checkpoints will be taken down after the Group start option on January 2.
Group Start Option: Your map will be waiting for you at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 2 (please pre-register). You can start the course anytime between 9:00-10:30 am. We are using Epunch for the group start so if you have your own SI card please provide your SI number in your registration. If you don’t have your own SI card, no worries, we’ll have one you can use.
Additional details: · Please social distance at all times. · Hand sanitizer will be available. · Maps will be pre-marked and placed with punch card into map cases. · We’ll be using manual punches (not electronic) for the virtual option and Epunch for the Group start option · We will have bottled water and a few prepackaged snacks for after you finish. If you would like water/snacks on the course, please bring your own. · Results will not be announced at the finish. We like you, but socializing is discouraged
Meet Directors: Scott Kelley (fisharepeople2@gmail.com) & Melissa Kelley (mckelley24@gmail.com)
Mark Geldmeier is hosting a 3hr and 1hr Score – O format Orienteering meet at one of the most beautiful parks in the state! Come work off all that turkey and stuffing!
*** Due to increasing COVID-19 cases in Missouri, this year’s event will look a little different. We hope these adjustments will make this a safe and fun event for everyone. ***
The course will be set up and available from Wednesday, November 25th through Saturday, December 5th.
Participants can choose to do the course on their own anytime during those dates, or join the group start at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 28.
Registration: Please register online ahead of time.
Format: A “score O” format lets participants choose their own route and get as many checkpoints as possible in the time allotted. You can select either 1 hour or 3 hours. There are 28 checkpoints. Five of the checkpoints are worth 3 points (noted on the clue sheet with an asterick). All other checkpoints are worth 1 point. Get as many as you can, in any order. But if you’re late, there’s a penalty of 1 point per minute.
Virtual Option: If you do the event on your own, you can either pick up the map (with checkpoints pre-marked) at the meet director’s house in Kirkwood/Glendale at any time (they’ll be outside in a cooler). Or, you can have a scanned digital version sent via email. The hard-copy is much nicer! Email the meet director to insure a map is ready and waiting. Once you get the map, you can go to Hawn at any time. For safety, it’s recommended you inform someone of your plans. It’s also suggested you email your plan and emergency contacts to the meet director. Start at the main shelter and track your time. Remember, you goal is to get as many as you can in either 1 hour or 3 hours. When you’re done, send your time and a picture of the punch card to the meet director.
Group Start Option: Your map will be waiting for you at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 28 (please pre-register). We’ll start at 11:00 am, but there will likely be multiple starts depending on the number of participants.
Additional details:
· Please social distance at all times.
· Hand sanitizer will be available.
· Maps will be pre-marked and placed with punch card into map cases.
· We’ll be using manual punches (not electronic).
· Since the checkpoints are being placed ahead of time, it’s possible they could disappear.
· No water and no food will be provided. Please bring your own.
· Results will not be announced at the finish. We like you, but socializing is discouraged.
Thanks to all who participated in another wonderful meet in a great park. Thanks to Kevin Minton for setting the course. It’s great to get out there and make those tough navigational choices. While many folks didn’t email times, it’s awesome to get people out in the parks!
Come check out one of St. Louis’ great county parks. Jeff Sona is setting the course on a freshly updated map. This park has everything for learning to Orienteer or just brushing up on your skills. Cliffs, woods, trails, open paths, cave, and lots of depressions. Multiple courses will be offered
Bring the family and a compass!
Pre-register here ->
Join us for a Halloween Orienteering event at Cliff Cave. There will be a score-o and a dog bone course offered. We are asking that everyone pre-register for our events so we can minimize registration interactions during this time of Covid.
What:
Two orienteering courses; a traditional Score-O and a Dog-bone course
Score-O course appropriate for all levels, will have a 60 or 90 minute time limit (still an open decision) to get as many controls as you can.
Dog-bone course intended for more advance orienteers. (If you don’t know what a dog-bone course is, it will be explained. It’s like a score-O, except that all controls are paired with another control. If you go to one control, you must immediately go to the paired control)
Where:
Cliff Cave County Park (806 Cliff Cave Rd, St. Louis MO, 63129)
The start / finish will be at the new parking lot at the top of the hill on Cliff Cave road.
Come check out Kirkwood City park at night! Bring a flashlight, a mask, a compass, and some friends or family! This is SLOC’s longest running orienteering event.
Due to the Covid – 19 Pandemic, we have some restrictions on this event:
In compliance with St. Louis County and Kirkwood City Parks, we are limited to 50 participants. First come, first serve so sign up now! If you sign up, please be sure to attend so that no spots are left unfilled and no one misses the opportunity for fun.
Online Registration: to limit contact exposure at the the event, we are asking that everyone sign up and pay online by clicking on our “Event Registration” tab. Please read the liability waiver before signing up.
Fees: Members are free; Individuals older than 12 years old are $10; Children 12 and under are free; Family max of $20.
All event materials will be in plastic sleeves and ready for you upon your arrival. We will brief the whole group regarding the event details prior to the start.
Social distancing seating arrangement at Kirkwood Amphitheater
Masks required at the start and then they can be taken off once the event starts and participants are spread out
Results will posted online following the event. We like you but please don’t hang around after the event to limit contact exposure.
Other details:
Meeting place: Kirkwood Amphitheater: follow the orange orienteering signs
Time: Pick up your packets starting at 7:00 PM and start planning your route on the map, Pre-Race Briefing at 7:45 PM, Race Start: 8:00 PM, Race Finish: 8:45 PM
Event Details: Score-O: You get 45 minutes to find as many points (hanging orange kites) as you can and get back to the finish without going over time. Whichever team finds the most points in the least amount of time wins! Some people are competitive but others just want to have fun exploring the park in the dark and finding a few points on the way 🙂
What to bring: Compass, Mask, Drinking Water, Headlamp and/or flashlight. NO food or water will be provide due to safety concerns.
Course Designer: The infamous David Frei
Course Director: Josh Borgmeyer.
Questions: Send nice emails only with polite requests to Josh at jb.balancedbody@gmail.com or text/call 314-330-3479.
Congrats to Josh Borgemeyer for the big W! And welcome back to everyone who was able to return to Orienteering. Look for a few more free sprint courses this August
Our friends at Rolla Multi Sport are putting together another edition of a classic adventure race. Grab your compass and some buddies and register by 8/1
There will be an orienteering course setup this weekend where you can print the course map and run the course at your leisure. Starting at 4pm on Thursday, August 27th you will be able to download and print a pdf version of the map. The map will have a point-to-point orienteering course marked on it that includes the Start/Finish location as well as 12 additional locations to visit. With a point-to-point course, you are expected to visit each location (control) in numerical order. There are multiple route options to get from one control to another, so chose the route of your choice. Once you see the map, you will see that you could visit all of the controls in a more efficient manner if you didn’t go in numeric order. With this event, you are on your honor to go in order if you are going to submit your time for the competition.
A couple of notes about the course and about Forest Park:
• Forest Park is a busy park, and we will be putting out temporary controls on Thursday afternoon. They will be small signs with the control number in a small ziplock bag. We’ve made an attempt to keep them out of high traffic areas, but it is possible that these controls might get removed. If you’re in the right place and don’t see it, just move on.
• There are not any expectations that you would be in rough or wet terrain. You should not need to go through any high grasses, and the rivers and lakes in Forest Parks are out of bounds. As much as you may want to, you cannot swim across the lakes!
• I have attached detailed descriptions of what you will find at the control location. These descriptions are more detailed that normal orienteering controls because we’ve tried to “hide” controls from the general public so they hopefully will stay in place all weekend. (specifically, look at control #10!)
There are currently many 12 foot tall arches throughout the course that have been added to the park for the Shakespeare Festival. These are NOT added to the map, but enjoy the arches!
If you want to run this like a real, hard core orienteering event, print your map but don’t look at it until you get to the start and you’ve started your stopwatch. You can look at the control descriptions ahead of time. Of course, this is not required!
Email your results to Bryan.Niehaus@gmail.com with names and times if you’d like your results published on our website and you can see how you did compared to others.
When:
Start: 5pm, Thursday August 27
End: 8am, Monday August 31 (control will be collected sometime Monday)
Start / Finish:
The Start / Finish is at the Southwest corner of the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park (out the outside of the fence). There is a large parking lot just to the east of the tennis courts and it’s a short walk to the start / finish.
The Orienteering kites have been set! They’re actually wooden stakes about .5 meters tall.
Enjoy the free course from now til 9/14. You can email ke5nry@gmail.com with your results and course comments. Remember its a sprint, so we should see some 5 minute miles! 😉 wink wink
