2016 Anza-Borrego Desert Orienteering Meet
This is a past event
100 people went
Details
January 16-17, 2016 (Martin Luther King, Jr., week-end)
SDO & BAOC are happy to announce the return of our Anza-Borrego Meet in January!
Registration Closed, no onsite registration, we are at our permit limit!
LOCATION
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, CA, 90 miles (2-hour drive) NE of San Diego, CA
REGISTRATION
Registration Closed, we are at our permit limit, NO ONSITE REGISTRATION!
COURSES
Saturday, January 16
Morning: B-meet Classic Course, traditional White through Blue courses, starts 9:00 to 11:00
Afternoon: Maze-O, a 60 minute score-O in the slot canyon area. Starts are 1:30 to 3:00
Sunday, January 17:
"Borrego" A goat-style mass-start race, with 3 length options. Briefing at 8:15, mass start at 8:30, late starts to 10:00
WHERE TO STAY
Camping will be available.
Julian, CA and Borrego Springs, CA are nearby, if you would rather not camp. Reserve early, as rooms fill up quick this time of year!
DIRECTIONS
From the West...
Take Highway 78 through Julian and go 10.5 miles past the junction with S-3 (Yaqui Pass Road) and 1.5 miles past the junction of Highway 78 with Borrego Springs Road.
Look for the brown Buttes Pass and Orienteering signs on the left.
Turn off Highway 78 onto the dirt Buttes Pass Road and go 1.6 km (one mile) to the junction and go right 0.7 km (0.4 mi.) to the camping area and Competition Center on the broad saddle.
From the East ...
Take Highway 78 about 7 miles past Ocotillo Wells and look for the Buttes Pass and Orienteering signs on the right and follow Buttes Pass Road as described above.
