2016 Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival June 29 - July 4, 2016

Course Details

Details

Driving Directions:

Please refer to the Travel & Lodging page for driving directions to each map location.

Saturday, July 2nd — National Event Day 1

Map:  Twin Boulders [Preview Map]
Course Setter:  Graham Baird

Distance from parking to the start:  ~500 meters.

It was a snowy spring in the Laramie Range, so there was a lot of snow that melted, leaving streams high and areas around streams wet, though nothing is impassable. Be aware, the main dirt roads in the area all may have heavy ATV travel and people may camp along these roads almost anywhere. In general, there's lots of sage to run through and mule deer are a common sighting. Overall the map is excellent and accurate, though it is not impossible to find the occasional rock feature or tree that has not been mapped; but there are so many features to navigate by, such details should be inconsequential. Most light green areas are aspen groves, but not all, and vice versa. All courses except White will have a minimum of two fence crossings, depending on route choice. Longer courses (Red & Blue) may be printed with north not parallel to the map's edge. All maps will be 1:10,000 scale.

 NOTE:  You will have to pass through a cattle gate on the way to the start and again coming back from the finish.  It is imperative that the gate gets closed each time so we don't have escaping cattle.

Sunday, July 3rd — National Event Day 2

Map: Remarkable Flats [Preview Map]
Course Setter: Neal Barlow

Distance from parking to the start:  1000 meters.

"Straight is great" at Remarkable Flats.  It is a large, flatish, open area, with a lot of rock detail.  Fast and accurate navigation will be the key.  The water features are wet.  Orange, Brown, Green, Red, and Blue courses will cross barbed-wire fences. 

Monday, July 4th — National Event Day 3

Map: Diamond Bay [Preview Map]
Course Setter: Joel Swisher

Distance from parking to the start:  600 meters.

The terrain for the Day 3 courses should provide plenty of variety and probably less of the wide-open spaces than the first two days. This map has some dramatic and scenic rock features and, in the southern part, a lot of elevation change, which the Red and Blue course runners will experience. Most other areas are runnable and should be fast, but be cautious – this map might be trickier to navigate than it looks. While there are relatively open areas with sagebrush and sporadic pines, other areas of "rough open" have just enough trees to limit visibility and challenge navigation. Areas mapped as light green are generally aspen glens, and they vary considerably in density and runnability, so be observant and flexible in your route choice.

This Page Last Updated on Monday, 20 June 2016 10:13