Event Details For:
Orienteering Meet at Manitou Park North (Woodland Park)
Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Course Setter: Odd Bersvendsen
Course Vetter: N / A
E-Punch Coordinator: Volunteer Needed
Meet Equipment: Volunteer Needed
Pre-Registration Deadline: 11:59 pm MDT on Thursday, July 10th, 2025
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Pre-Registration: Pre-registration is required. Use the form at the bottom of this page.
RMOC Members: Expedite meet check-in with an annual waiver.Volunteers: Please add your name to the Volunteer Sign-up Sheet 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 at a future event. (One voucher will be awarded per person per meet.)Schedule: We're shifting our usual Saturday schedule to be a few hours earlier, to avoid afternoon heat and thunderstorms.
9:45 am Beginner Instruction. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Check-in and starts. (You can check in and start at any time during this window. Start as early as possible if you want to try multiple courses, or if you expect to take a long time on your course.) 2:00 pm All courses close and control pick-up will commence at 2:00 pm. 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 Intermediate and Advanced courses. You can find an explanation of the orienteering course color scheme at our FAQs page.
Beginners. Due to the nature of the Manitou map and terrain, this meet will not offer a true beginner course (White / Yellow). However, for more confident beginners, the Orange (intermediate) course can be completed by using fences, vegetation, and a compass for navigation.
Advanced. The Red, Green and/or Brown advanced courses can be combined to make a longer day; some controls are shared but all legs are different. Pre-register for each course separately.
Course Details:
Technical
DifficultyLength Course Length
(km)Climb
(m)# Controls Map
ScaleBeginner -- -- -- -- -- -- Intermediate Medium Orange 2.8 79 9 1:7,500 Advanced Short Brown 3.2 154 10 1:7,500 Medium Green 4.8 234 14 1:10,000 Long Red 6.8 330 18 1:10,000 Map Notes from Odd:
We'll be on a new map based on USGS Lidar data from 2016. The map has 2.5-meter contours to avoid the excessive use of form lines and otherwise follow the current IOF mapping standard.
The lack of handrails makes it challenging to create beginner courses, however we'll offer an 2.8 km Orange (intermediate) course that can be done by using fences, vegetation and a compass.
The terrain still has mostly open forest and meadows with good runnability and visibility but with more young pines in some areas. The steeper eastern part of the map has some denser brush that can reduce running speed. Due to excellent visibility in the forest most controls on the advanced courses are in reentrants.
Please use caution when crossing the barbed wire fences. The openings in the fences are marked on the map and if there is a gate, remember to close it if you open it. Course symbol 'crossing point' is used where the fence is easier to get over or under. One tip is to use your map & map case to protect against the barbs.
Minor streams have been dry for many years so there is no visible water or water course but they always indicate the low spot of the terrain.
Most paths and rides have not been used over the last years and are growing in and can be hard to see. They are still on the map but can be hard to identify when crossing them in the terrain.
Staging/download will be in the same spot as the last years. The walk from from the staging area to start will be 500 m, marked with streamers.
Event Fees: 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).
Required USFS Disclaimer: Some RMOC events are operated under special use permit with the Arapaho, Pike, Roosevelt, and White River National Forests. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, RMOC is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director - Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD).
- Local Weather Forecast: NOAA.gov
- Driving Directions: From Colorado Springs, go west on Highway 24 to Woodland Park. From Woodland Park, go north on Highway 67 for 8.1 miles (you'll go past the picnic area at Manitou Lake). Turn right on County Road 79 and continue for about 0.1 miles to a fork. Take the right fork and continue for another 0.1 miles. Turn right onto Forest Service Road 345 and go south for about 0.7 miles across a cattle guard. Park just east of the cattle guard, not more than one car length off the 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: 2025-11-08 02:45:30