Cancelled :( Red Plateau
July 3rd 2016 11:00am
Do to lack of interest this has been cancelled :(
Event Director: Brendan Matthews
Driving directions to Red Plateau
Registration is at 11 with first starts at 11.30. the start and finish will be at least 400m from the road and registration point.
Courses close at 2pm. Please plan to be back at the road by 2.
There will be three classic orienteering courses. Short, Medium and Long.
From Kamloops take Tranquille Road towards the Kamloops Airport. Drive past Airport Road and past the Kamloops Golf and Country Club continuing on Tranquille Road to a fork in the road. Take the right fork (left will take you down to the Tranquille properties), this is the Red Lake Road (actually it is the Tranquille/Criss Creek/Red Lake Road). From Airport Road to the Red Lake Road junction is about 6 km.
You will almost immediately cross a railroad track and continue on a good gravel road as you begin climbing up to a major hairpin turn (Frederick Road is on your left here). Continue on the Red Lake Road. From the Red Lake Road junction to the hairpin turn is about 4 km.
After the hairpin turn you will still climb for another 3 km or so then turn left on a secondary gravel road. This turn will be marked with an orienteering sign.
This secondary road is rough, rutted and narrow; you need to use caution as you climb further still. The event start will be along this road about 3 km up.
There will be orienteering direction signs (square signs coloured white and orange) along the way starting after the Golf course.