Truckee OrienteeringA racing and training club for orienteering - on foot, mtb, skis, or in adventure races. 2014 brings the third summer training season for Truckee. Each Wednesday evening will have a different training course set up: 30-60 minutes depending on the course. Checkpoints will be little pin flags or mini-controls, with no punches. Interval starts, 6pm. Cost is $20 for the season, for any number of trainings, to cover printing and ink costs for the maps. Information for each weeks training usually goes out by email a few days before. Registration is by lunch time each event day - just send me an email that says you're coming, so I know how many maps to print. If I don't hear from you, I probably won't have a map for you. Any Questions? Want to get on the email list for the weekly training announcements? email me.
DetailsMay 28 - Tahoe DonnerThe season starts with visiting dignitary Zan setting us courses at TD. Starts will be at 6pm from the end of Alder Creek Road, here. The course. June 4 - FiberboardThis week we head up above Northstar along Fiberboard Freeway. Technical and challenging. Starts at 6pm, course will be 3km or so. Directions: from Truckee take 267 up past Northstar to Brockway Summit (this is the very top of 267). Just over the top of 267, turn right and go up through the little maintenance-looking yard here onto Fiberboard Freeway. It is paved the whole way! If you get on a dirt road you're doing something wrong. Follow the pavement for a mile or so, up a really steep hill, and once it starts going downhill you should see my car somewhere near here. Parking is along the road, just find a spot that gets your car as far off the pavement as you can. It was tough, and the map was dodgy in a few places, but very good training. The course. June 11 - ProsserAnna is setting courses in Prosser, across from the OHV parking on 89. here. Starts at 6pm. The course. June 18 - Donner SPAnna is setting courses at Donner Lake. Parking along Donner Pass Rd at the east end of the lake. Start will be just over the wooden fence. 6pm. June 25 - Nothing!A lot of us are out of town, so nothing this week. July 2 - BorealA line-o course set by CarolW, up at Boreal. Its a very technical map, with lots of rock and cliff features. Park at the PCT trailhead at the Boreal Exit of 80. Start will be from that parking lot. 6pm. Nice and tricky course this week, with five controls spread along the line. Extra pressure because if you ever stopped the mosquitos came along instantly. July 9 - Tahoe DonnerSprint course up and around Tahoe Donner, starts will be at 6pm from the end of Alder Creek Road, here. The course. July 16 - Donner SPSprint length training course at Donner Lake! Line-o, window-o, corridor-o all in one! Parking along Donner Pass Rd at the east end of the lake. Start will be just over the wooden fence. 6pm. The map, three controls of line-o, a few controls of I-deleted-the-map, and then some normal controls to get home. July 23 - FiberboardCarolW is setting a course up on the top of Fiberboard. It'll be tough. Starts at 6pm. Directions: from Truckee take 267 up past Northstar to Brockway Summit (this is the very top of 267). Just over the top of 267, turn right and go up through the little maintenance-looking yard here onto Fiberboard Freeway. It is paved the whole way! If you get on a dirt road you're doing something wrong. Follow the pavement for a mile or so, up a really steep hill, and once it starts going downhill you should see my car somewhere near here. Parking is along the road, just find a spot that gets your car as far off the pavement as you can, and don't block the gates!. The course. July 30 - ProsserThis week we're in Prosser, across from the OHV parking on 89. The brush is knee high and pretty sharp, so you might want gaitors or long socks or pants. here. Starts at 6pm. The course. August 6 - BorealLooks like it'll be a bit rainy, but we'll set a short course anyway and hope its not too slick up there. Its a very technical map, with lots of rock and cliff features. Park at the PCT trailhead at the Boreal Exit of 80. Start will be from that parking lot. 6pm. The course. August 13 - Tahoe DonnerA mountain bike / running orienteering duathlon! Two loops: one set for mtb-o and one set for foot-o. Do the bike loop, then drop off your bike and go run the foot loop! I'll hang around the parking lot the whole time so you can just ditch your bike and not worry about it getting stolen. The foot loop will be shorter than normal, maybe 2km, and the bike loop might be 4-5km. All the bike controls will be on trails (singletrack or fire roads). Starts will be at 6pm from the end of Alder Creek Road, here. Two courses this week: the mtb and the run. Pretty sure Jonis won by a few minutes, followed by a close finish between Ali and Paul. Aug 20 - Donner SPCarolW is setting a course on the Donner Lake sprint map. Parking along Donner Pass Rd at the east end of the lake. Start will be just over the wooden fence. 6pm. Carol set a super fun memory-o course: the map Aug 27 - FiberboardAnna is setting a one-man relay up around the nice open-field area on the top of Fiberboard. A few different short loops that you'll run right after each other. It'll be fun and have great views of the lake! Starts at 6pm, from the same parking spot we've used before by the Rim Trail. Directions: from Truckee take 267 up past Northstar to Brockway Summit (this is the very top of 267). Just over the top of 267, turn right and go up through the little maintenance-looking yard here onto Fiberboard Freeway. It is paved the whole way! If you get on a dirt road you're doing something wrong. Follow the pavement for a mile or so, up a really steep hill, and it goes around a corner and starts going downhill a bit here. Parking is along the road, just find a spot that gets your car as far off the pavement as you can, and don't block the gates!. Sept 3 - ProsserIn Prosser, across from the OHV parking on 89. The brush is knee high and pretty sharp, so you might want gaitors or long socks or pants. here. Starts at 6pm. Sept 10 - BorealCarolW is setting a training up at Boreal, from the PCT parking lot. Its a very technical map, with lots of rock and cliff features. Park at the PCT trailhead at the Boreal Exit of 80. Start will be from that parking lot. 6pm.
|
