Sage Stomp XXXIX Salmon Arm

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Organizers: Phil Wallensteen (Event Director), David Bakker (Course Planner), Jeremy Green (Course Planner), Brian May (Controller), Simon Bakker (Course Planner), Lillian Bakker (Course Planner), Kevin Matrosovs (Controller), Tammy Howe (Assistant), Alan Corbett (Permit)

Map: Dirty Beetle

Save the date for Sage Stomp! The 39th annual event is back in the Salmon Arm area for the second time ever.

More details being added as they are figured out. All event permits now confirmed!

Registration

Registration will open shortly on 2mev/Interpodia - stay tuned. Registration requires active membership in an orienteering club, or a temporary membership in the Sage Orienteering Club (for the purposes of insurance & waiver management).

Fees

All registration fees on a per event basis.

• Junior (Born in 2004 and later): $5 ($15 for entire weekend)
• Adult (Born in 2003 and earlier): $25 ($75 for entire weekend)

New Orienteers

This event is beginner friendly! We will have a coach available for beginner instruction before you head out on course. Each event will have a Beginner course suitable for new orienteers. You are welcome to participate solo, or in a group. We look forward to meeting you!

Events

Saturday Morning - Long

A long distance point to point orienteering event with course planning built around driving interesting routechoices between controls. The finish is immediately adjacent to the end of the parking area. There is a 350 m walk to start for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses with almost no climb. There is a separate start area for the Expert and Elite classes with a ~350 m walk to start with a steep 60 m of climb. There are no coat/bag drops, water, or other facilities at either start location.

The Expert and Elite classes will get to explore a newly created section of map which is very hilly. Other classes will stay on the beautiful, undulating bench of the original map area.

Schedule

• 09:00 - First Start, Beginner Instruction & Registration Opens
• 10:00 - Last Start
• 12:30 - Courses Close - All participants report to the finish

Course Details (TBC)

Advanced, Expert, and Elite all feature a similar level of navigational difficulty (hard) and only differ with regards to distance and physical challenge.

Planning Team

• Course Planner: David Bakker
• Controller: Kevin Matrosovs

Map: Dirty Beetle

• Mapper: David Bakker (2021, expansion in 2024 with minor updates to original area)
• Specification: ISOM2017-2
• Contours: 5 m

Parking Location: 50.472524 N, -119.366708 W (Glenemma Trailhead)

Saturday Afternoon - Middle

A middle distance point to point orienteering event with course planning built around technical control sites and map reading. Start, finish, parking locations TBD.

Schedule

• 14:30 - First Start & Beginner Instruction
• 15:30 - Last Start
• 17:00 - Courses Close - All participants report to the finish
• Apres Run: Swim in Shuswap Lake at Canoe Beach adjacent to the map area

Course Details (TBC)

Advanced, Expert, and Elite all feature a similar level of navigational difficulty (hard) and only differ with regards to distance and physical challenge.

Planning Team

• Course Planner: Jeremy Green
• Controller: Brian May

Map: Park Hill

• Mapper: Brian May (2012), almost complete redraft by David Bakker (2021)
• Specification: ISOM2017-2
• Contours: 5 m

Parking Location: TBD

Sunday Morning - 3 Hour Adventure Run (Score-O)

Collect as many checkpoints as you can in any order you want within 3 hours.

Schedule

• 08:45 - Registration Opens
• 09:15 - Mandatory Pre-Race Instructions & Map Handout
• 09:30 - Mass Start
• 11:00 - 1.5 Hour Class Ends
• 12:30 - 3 Hour Class Ends

Course Details

Details coming once the course planning is finalized.

Planning Team

• Course Planner: Lillian Bakker & Simon Bakker
• Controller: David Bakker

Map: Larch Hills

• Mapper: Jonathan Bakker & David Bakker (2016) & David Bakker 2021
• Specification: ISOM2017-2 (see notes below...)
• Contours: 5 m
• Note: Only part of this map has been mapped to a full ISOM2017-2 specification (roughly 1 letter size sheet of paper at 1:15000), with the remaining area being 5m contours, water features, trails, etc. but no fieldchecked vegetation or rock features.

Parking Location: 50.708801, -119.135556 (Larch Hills Nordic Chalet)

Accommodation

Camping for orienteers will be available at Larch Hills on both Friday and Saturday night in the stadium area next to the chalet. Cost is $20/night per group/tent. Bathrooms and drinking water available. Absolutely no camping allowed at the Dirty Beetle and Park Hill venues.

Alternatively, there is plenty of more luxurious accommodation of all shapes and sizes in and around Salmon Arm.

Event Timing

Timing will be done with the SI Air timing system. SI Air cards will be available to all registrants as part of your registration fee. Participants are also encouraged to carry a GPS so that we can set up a 3D Re-Run for each course. Start times will not be assigned (we will spread out competitors on each course). Split starts will be available for parents of small children (contact the event director to arrange). Live Results will be available online during the event.

Volunteer

We will need help with some starts, download, and control pickup. Please get in touch if you can help out.

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