There are permanent courses in St. Louis allowing you to go out and practice with real controls in the woods. The Rockwoods Range course map can be purchased through this webiste here.
FULL PERMANENT COURSE
For those up to the challenge, there are a total of 34 controls located on the Rockwoods Range map. To have a little fun with this, SLOC is maintaining a database for those who have completed the full course.
If you would like to post your time, please send an email to contourline@stlouisorienteering.org and we will post it. Please send us a link to a GPS track, with your time, the date, distance, and the name(s) of those who completed it. You are welcome to run this as many times as you would like.
| Rockwoods Range Permanent Course Full Course 34 Controls | |||||
| Name(s) | Date | Time | Controls | Distance (miles) | |
| Nathan Graves | 1/10/21 | 3:00:44 | 34 | 11.74 | |
| Nathan Graves | 10/18/20 | 3:24:25 | 34 | 12.39 | |
| Nathan Graves and Brian Rodenbeck | 2/21/15 | 3:46:39 | 34 | 12.18 | |
| Zdenek Palachek and Todd Dohogne | 1/17/21 | 3:50:27 | 34 | 11.97 |
OTHER VARIATONS
Not everyone wants to bite off the whole thing. That is OK too, we have designed a couple of shorter courses for those who want to try their hand at a shorter version. Send your final time to cavemelon@hotmail.com and feel free to run it as many times as you like. The Rockwoods Range course map can be purchased through this webiste here.
Rockwoods Range Challenge Course #1: Start at the gate at the AP Greensfelder Monument/Dogwood trailhead off of Allenton just south of Hencken Rd, proceed to numbers: 6, 27, 31, 9, 28, 13, 29, 16, 15, then back to the gate for the finish.
| Rockwoods Range Permanent Course Challenge Course #1 | |
| Name(s) | Time |
| Josh Borgmeyer | 56:13 |
| Eric Buckley | 57:00 |
| Nathan Graves | 1:00:59 |
| Greg Schott | 1:07:13 |
| Jeff Ryan | 1:07:43 |
| Nathan Graves | 1:15:02 |
| Bryan Niehaus | 1:20:00 |
| Mark Geldmeier | 1:34:04 |
| Gary Thompson | 1:43:24 |
| Tim Gutersloh | 1:48:11 |
| Jeff and Carrie Sona | 2:02:00 |
| Geisen Family | 2:22:01 |
| Emily and Erl | 2:30:00 |
Rockwoods Range Challenge Course #2: Designed by Dave Frei. Start at 11, then go 10, 8, 26, 25, 24, 4, 5, 7, 34, 33, 32, and end at 13.
We recommend parking at the south Greenrock TH gravel parking lot and walk to the start at checkpoint 11. Then once you’ve completed the course at 13 enjoy your cool down hike back to your vehicle. The Rockwoods Range course map can be purchased through this webiste here.
| Rockwoods Range Permanent Course Challenge Course #2 | |
| Name(s) | Time |
| Nathan Graves | 1:17:00 |
| Josh Borgmeyer | 1:24:00 |
| Mark Geldmeier | 2:11:00 |
ARE YOU A COURSE DESIGNER?
Do you have an idea for a set of controls from the Permanent Course that would make a great segment course for others to run? Great! We welcome that. Send us your course, any instructions, and your completed time and we will add yours to another chart just like the ones on this page. We love to have new ideas and challenges.