Dewdrop Range Kamloops

Organizers: Peter Gray (Event Director), Alan Vyse (Controller)

Map: Dewdrop Range

Updates

April 17: Registration is open! The registration deadline is April 27 at midnight.

Schedule

• 10:00 - Check-in Opens & Beginner Instruction
• 11:00 - Last Start
• 13:00 - Courses Close

Courses

• Beginner: 2 km
• Intermediate: 3 km
• Advanced: 4 km

Registration

Registration Deadline: April 27 at midnight.

For 2023, we are using a new registration system: 2M Events. Sage club membership and event registration will be done using this system.

1. To register for the event, you must be a 2023 Sage Orienteering Club member or register as a visiting member of another orienteering club. If you have not yet done this, sign up (includes a waiver) here. Or, you can sign up directly for the event using the following link and the system will direct you to also register for your Sage club or visitor membership at the same time.
2. Register for the Dewdrop Range event here or using the big green Register button on this page.

Directions

From Kamloops, drive west from Downtown following the direction signs across the South Thompson River to North Kamloops and the Airport. Follow Tranquille Road past the Airport. Continue to the end of the paved road at the Tranquille River. Cross the Tranquille River and turn off on road to west at 3 k. Follow the signs for a further 4k to parking.

Map & Terrain:

Dewdrop is one of our oldest maps first mapped in 1990 for the Asia Pacific Orienteering Festival. It has been used many times but not since 2016. Updates to the vegetation and trails are needed but the bones of the map .... contours, cliffs, rocks .... are good. The area is mostly open and great fun to walk and run on with spectacular views of the Thompson valley and Kamloops Lake. The grasslands are in excellent condition this year and there are many interesting plants and birds to watch for. On our way to the map this spring we saw half a dozen big horn rams and a group of mule deer just off the road. The area is home to rattlesnakes and they could be active in small numbers when the event takes place. They have never posed a problem to runners in the past. If you are lucky enough to see one or hear one, move along.

Location