Valleyview Kamloops

Organizers: Jackie Bonn (Event Director), David Bakker (Course Planner)

Map: Valleyview

Description

Due to the exceptional global circumstances at the moment, we will not be having our usual events. Instead, we are setting up trainings that can be completed in your own time, any time, over the coming weeks. For all the trainings we will be hanging some flags in the woods for a few weeks, and individually emailing out maps. You print out the PDF to get your own map (or if you are very careful, keep it on your cellphone) to use.

Location, Parking, and Map

Park in the lot outside of the Valleyview Arena. See the Google Map below for the exact location.

There are some prickly pear cacti on the map, as well as lots of mosquitoes. The map is almost exclusively Sagebrush grasslands and has large silt cliffs and ravines throughout the map.

Courses

• Beginner: 2.1km - suitable for newcomers to the sport with primarily on or just off trail navigation.
• Advanced: 3.6km - more suitable for experienced orienteers with significant off trail navigation and more technical orienteering.

Registration System

Send an email to David B. Specify who is going from your family, and make sure they are all Sage Orienteering Club members. No membership = no map (see further down on how to register). Maps will be sent out individually one by one by a singular volunteer, so expect a delay of up to 24 hours to receive your map. We will also be rationing maps (only a certain number each day) to prevent an overload of the area - so please don't wait until the last possible day.

Precautions

• Please stay home if you have any symptoms of illness.
• Only participate in orienteering activities with individuals from your immediate household.
• Stay at least 2 meters away from all other park/wilderness users and do not congregate at the trailheads or control sites.
• Do not touch the control(checkpoint) flags – just get within 5m or so.
• Walk/run with extreme caution to avoid any injuries.

Cost

These trainings are being offered as a free mental health service to all Sage Orienteering Club members. Membership is cheap - sign up now!

How it Works

1. Register your Sage Orienteering Club membership online on Zone4. Payment and waiver are both online on Zone4 this year.
2. Once registration opens (it's not open yet!), register for the course of your choice and let us know how many of you are going. We will email you a map individually - so make sure your email address with your WhyJustRun account is accurate.
3. Run the course whenever you want during the times when the event is open. If you are interested in comparing results & routes with others, record a GPS track on your smartwatch or phone.
4. Report back by an email so we can keep track of participation.
5. (Optional) Upload a .gpx file (you can export this from Strava, Garmin Connect, Attackpoint, and many others) to our website (link will be posted once registration is open) which will calculate your split times. We will also then overlay all the GPS tracks onto the map together so you can compare routechoices with others. We might not be able to gather socially, but we can still talk about or routechoices digitally.

How You Can Help

These events are running entirely on volunteer manpower. We would love some help if you would be willing to pick up controls at a specified times at the end of each event, and handing them on to the next volunteer who will put them out.

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