Event Details For:

Advanced Practice Courses, Aug 30-Sept 2
4 Courses Friday-Monday at Happy Jack Area (Laramie, WY)
Friday, August 30th, 2024 - Monday, September 2nd, 2024

Course Setter: Mikell Platt
Course Vetter: N / A
E-Punch Coordinator: Volunteer Needed
Meet Equipment: Volunteer Needed

Attention! Pre-Registration Deadline: 10:00 pm MDT on Thursday, August 29th, 2024

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  • Event Details:

    We are planning four advanced orienteering practice courses near Laramie, WY (~two hours north of Boulder / Denver), in the Medicine Bow National Forest, over Labor Day weekend.

    • Eligibility: All participants must be members in good standing of an OUSA-recognized orienteering club (e.g. RMOC).
    • Difficulty: The weekend's events will consist of four practice courses for advanced-level orienteers (anyone able to complete a Brown, Green, Red, or Blue course).
    • Logistics: This will be very high quality training; and there will be no timing, results, or instruction of any sort.
    • Pre-Registration: Pre-registration is required by 10:00 pm MDT on Wednesday, August 28th. Use the form at the bottom of this page.
    • Water: There will not be any water on any of the courses, or at the start / finish; please bring your own water bottle or hydration pack, and your own snacks.
    • Toilets: There will not be porta-potties or pit toilets at any of our practice course locations. Use the bathrooms at the Visitor Center when you exit I-80.
      Friday,
    August 30    		 Saturday,
    August 31    		 Sunday,
    September 1    		 Monday,
    September 2
    Course Setter: Mikell Platt Mikell Platt Mikell Platt Mikell Platt
    Map & Scale: Granite Planite
    1:7,500    		 Forest of Little Hope
    1:7,500    		 West Pelican Bay
    1:12,500    		 Remarkable Flats
    1:12,500
    Course Details:

    Advanced Red (with shortcut options) marked with streamers
    3.3 km 5.9 km 7.6 km 11.1 km
    Check in: 4:00 - 4:30 pm MDT 9:00 - 9:30 am MDT
    Start: 4:30 pm MDT 9:30 am MDT *
    Courses Close: 6:00 pm MDT 11:30 am MDT
    Map Cases: Map cases will be available

    * There will not be a specific mass start time or start window for the training courses on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. You can start whenever you'd like after Mikell gives out maps at 9:30 am, but please return to the finish no later than noon. If you arrive later than 9:30 am, look for maps on the windshield or tailgate of Mikell's white pickup truck.

    Please contact Mikell if you can help with control setting or control pickup on any of the four days.

  • Entry Fee: There is no charge to participate. Donations to LROC to help with map printing costs are welcome.

  • Waivers:

    • All participants are required to sign an online LROC waiver HERE, even if you have already signed the RMOC annual waiver (RMOC's annual waiver does not mention or cover LROC).

    • If you're attending as part of a group, every participant in the group needs their own signed waiver.

  • Travel: Please refer to our 2018 event page for detailed information about hotels, camping, and activities in Laramie.

  • Driving Directions:

    * Please park no more than one car length off the dirt road.

    * Overview Map

    * Friday, Aug 30, Granite Planite: From I-80 Exit 323 (the Summit / Visitor's Center exit), take WY 210 / Happy Jack Rd east toward Cheyenne for 11.1 miles. Turn right onto Forest Service Road 700, and park in parking lot.

    * Saturday, Aug 31, Forest of Little Hope: From I-80 Exit 323 (the Summit / Visitor's Center exit), cross over the interstate and bear right at the intersection with WY 210 and continue straight past the Visitors Center and over the cattle grate and onto Forest Road (FR) 705 for about 4.5 miles to the intersection with FR 707. Bear left onto FR 707 and continue for about 0.7 miles to the intersection with FR 707A, and turn right onto FR 707A. Continue on FR 707A for 0.1 miles and bear left and continue on FR 707A for very roughly another 0.4 miles to the intersection with FR 707AE. Turn right onto FR 707AE and continue about 100 meters to the higher ground with scattered pines, and park. There is an area to the east side of 707AE here that is sometimes used by campers, and if there is someone there camping, please be respectful of them and do not park too close.

    * Sunday, Sept 1, West Pelican Bay: From I-80 Exit 323 (the Summit / Visitor's Center exit), take WY 210 / Happy Jack Rd east toward Cheyenne for 11.1 miles. Turn right onto Forest Service Road 700, and continue on 700 for 0.8 miles to the junction with 700R. Turn left (east) onto 700R and continue for about 0.1 miles, past the first designated camp site on right, and park on either side of the road.

    * Monday, Sept 2, Remarkable Flats: From I-80 Exit 323 (the Summit / Visitor's Center exit), take WY 210 / Happy Jack Rd east toward Cheyenne 8.1 miles, and turn left (east) onto Forest Service Road 708. Follow 708 east (straight) about 0.3 miles and park in the general vicinity of the road (or jeep trail) junction before the aspen grove straight ahead.

  • Local Weather Forecast: Weather.com

  • Driving Directions: See driving directions above.

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.

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