Columbia Village Wilderness

This is our traditional monthly meet with a Classic course format traveling in sequential order. New additions to the Columbia Village map await explorers. We will try to design something fun so you come back with smiles and happy! You're welcome to go at whatever pace you prefer.

4 regular courses:
1. Beginner Course (stats TBD): Suitable for first comers or those who just started the sport. Predominantly on trails, roads, or along easy to recognize linear features.
2. Sport Course (stats TBD): A good choice for more experienced orienteerers or you'd like to develop your navigation skills.
3. Intermediate (stats TBD): An opportunity to apply compass-bearing and complex route choice selection skills.
4. Advanced (stats TBD): Same terrain and technical ability as intermediate with a lot more endurance required and enough distance to satisfy that need to run.
Courses are being designed for about 1 hour outing. About 20-25 minutes for beginner course. Keep in mind that these distances are based on straight path distances, not the distance of your travel, that will be longer. Dress according to the weather for outdoor times!

LOGISTICS

When: Sunday, December 13
Starts from 10:00 am to 12:00 am. Courses close at 2:00 pm (that means please be back at the start by this time).

Meet Location:
Near the Columbia Village recreation center. See where Google map pin is placed.
We will place directional signs where appropriate.
Please RSVP by Wednesday evening December 9 with name & course choice. You can RSVP either in the comments below or directly to savelichko@yahoo.com.

Map and Course Notes:
These are urban parks, school grounds, sport fields, and all the wilderness areas connecting these. Expect fast moving, split second decisions and such! You will test all your course planning and map reading skills. Some larger streets will be off bounds and forbidden to cross, shown on map with purple color. Remember that for urban orienteering you can not cross high fences, walls, buildings, dark green and olive areas, and bodies of water surrounded with black lines. Whenever you see thick black line - you can not cross it. Look for the gaps or more complex route choices to avoid. There may be light traffic in the parks and urban areas, especially on streets so be watchful. Traffic is not expected to be dense but please look left and right before crossing these areas.

PUNCHING:
We will use SI electronic punching. Rent a SI stick for nominal $4 or bring your own.

Liability Waivers:
Non-members please bring printed and signed liability waivers (available for download at ctoc-boise.org/pub/ctoc_ind_waiver.pdf ) from home. We will have blanks if you forget. If you are bringing a minor who is NOT your own child, you MUST bring a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

COST:
Single meet (day) dues:
$12 per person/team, free for members
Single Junior (up to 20 years old): $6 per person/team, free for members
If more than one map is needed for a team, a small additional fee may be needed per the discretion of the meet director depending on printing costs.

CTOC annual membership (all meets are free):
Join with Monthly Pro-Rated for membership fees:
Membership form and instructions may be found at this link.

Cheers,
Sergey