Event Details For:
Orienteering Meet at Rainbow Falls (Woodland Park)
Saturday, June 24th, 2023
Course Setter: Jim Baker
Course Vetter: N / A
E-Punch Coordinators: Doug Berling & Jieyi Zhou
Meet Equipment: Volunteer Needed
Pre-Registration Deadline: 11:59 pm MDT on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
[Results]
[List of Registered Runners]
Volunteers: Please add your name to the Volunteer Sign-up Sheet HERE if you can help before or after you complete your course. We need the usual roles to be filled: Set-up, Registration, Beginner Instruction, Starts, E-Punch Crew, and Control Pick-up.
New Volunteer Incentive Program: Anyone who signs up and completes a volunteer shift will receive a voucher for free entry to use at this meet or a future event. (One voucher will be awarded per person per meet.)
Beginner Instruction: Two sessions of basic Beginner Instruction will take place at 10:15 and 10:45 am in the vicinity of the registration table. When you check in at the registration table, let a volunteer know that you would like Beginner Instruction.
Schedule: We're shifting our usual Saturday schedule up by two hours to hopefully avoid the afternoon thunderstorms.
10:30 am to 12:00 pm Registration and starts. (You can register and start at any time during this window. Start early if you want to try multiple courses, or if you expect to take a long time on your course.) 10:15 & 10:45 am Two sessions of basic Beginner Instruction will be offered at 10:15 & 10:45 am. 2:00 pm All courses close at 2:00 pm. (We'll start picking up controls at 2:00 pm. Out of consideration for the meet volunteers, please check in and download at the Finish no later than 2:00 pm even if you haven't completed your course.) Courses:
This meet will offer standard Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced courses. You can find an explanation of the orienteering course color scheme at our FAQs page.
The Beginner course (Yellow) will be suitable for beginners of all ages -- kids, adults, families, etc.
Preliminary Course Details: Course Setter Jim Baker describes the courses as "Mostly gently rolling open terrain, west of Trout Creek, using an expanded map to the northwest, which Red and Blue runners will get to."
Technical
DifficultyLength Course Length
(km)Beginner Short Yellow 3.25 Intermediate Medium Orange 4.0 Advanced Short Brown 3.5 Medium Green 5.0 Long Red 7.0 Very Long Blue 10.0 Event Fees: Our "NEW-FOR-2023" meet fees will apply. Please refer to the table below.
We accept cash and checks payable to "RMOC". We do not accept credit cards, PayPal, or Venmo.
Status Juniors
(age 20 and younger)Adults
(age 21 and older)RMOC Member $10.00 $15.00 Non-Member $10.00 $20.00 Other Items Extra Maps (for teams) $5.00 Extra Courses (same person doing multiple courses on the same day) $5.00 E-Punch rental, compass rental, safety whistle FREE Note: Teams only pay one registration fee per team (plus the cost of any extra maps they want; one map is included in the team registration fee).
- Local Weather Forecast: NOAA.gov
- Driving Directions: From the junction of Highway 24 and Highway 67 in Woodland Park, take Highway 67 north for about 10.5 miles to Rainbow Falls Park Road. Parking is just east of Rainbow Falls Park Road, about a quarter-mile from the junction of Highway 67 and Rainbow Falls Park Road.
Pre-Registration Form
Online pre-registration has closed, but you can still participate. Please register when you arrive at the meet. You may have to draw your course on a blank map.
Current date and time: 2024-10-06 00:26:59