Two orienteering events in one! 1) a Night-O event on Saturday evening. The navigation is harder but it’s a ton of fun. 2) Middle course distances on Sunday morning. A little shorter but technical orienteering.
Registration is open. There are three registration options so you can register for just one of the events or both. If you’re planning to camp in the group campsite, just put a note “camping” in the comments note.
Meet Director: Eric Buckley
Location: Hawn State Park. Saturday night start at group campground. Sunday morning start at day use area.
Meet Details:
There is no official meet hotel as we hope most people will camp (for free) at the group site; we had a great time staying up waaaaay too late around the fire last year. For those who don’t want to camp, I would suggest Farmington. There’s a Hampton and Holiday Inn at the intersection of 67 & 32. More budget minded folks can find a Quality Inn and Baymont half a mile further south on 67. The gate OUT of the campsite is automated, so you can get out even after midnight.
Saturday: Registration opens at 7:00PM. Feel free to arrive earlier and get your camp set up as you probably won’t want to do that in the dark. We’ll start folks on the beginner or intermediate course as early as 7:30PM but encourage waiting until the sun is down to get the full night-O experience. Advanced course will start at 8:30. All courses close at 11:00PM. Reg and start at the group campsite (just north of the main campground).
Sunday: Registration opens at 10:00AM with starts following shortly after. Courses close at 1:00PM. Reg and start in the day use area just west of the main campground.
Course stats:
Night (standard distance):
Note that the night courses are slightly shorter than they would be during the day, but they are not “dumbed down”. The Red course is very technical. Orange is solid intermediate (similar to Adventure Racing difficulty). Yellow is fairly straightforward, but you will go off trail.
Day (middle distance):
Middle distance is intended to be the most technical orienteering and these courses reflect that.