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Old Folk of Orienteering - SkiMOO edition · Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
Warning: This is an old trip - it already happened
Warning, this trip has been cancelled : Spring has arrived (hopefully temporarily).
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Start: Saturday, Feb. 3rd
Pre-trip meeting: Thursday, Feb. 1st, 6:00 pm
Pre-trip meeting location: Somewhere
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UPDATE: As of Jan 31, Mt. Seymour is reporting 32cm of snow at the base. I would guess this means there is < 32cm in the trees and on trails. I'm hoping snow snow comes. Might cancel this trip unless there is enough interest in orienteering in Pacific Spirit?
Hey Friends,
Awhile back, inspired by James' SkiMOO, I ran a similar event where we had a great time looking for beacons in the deep dark woods of Pacific Spirit. It confirmed that 1) orienteering is really fun, 2) you can find the old Tracker beacons provided fresh batteries, and 3) we definitely need to run a similar event because it was so fun.
This time, we will try orienteering in the beacon's natural habitat: snow. The orienteering course will likely be set up on Seymour or some other local mountain. Splitboarders, skiers, snowshoers, snowswimmers... of all abilities are all welcome.
If you have never heard of orienteering before, orienteering is a sport where one navigates to various checkpoints (controls) scattered throughout the map. To get to each checkpoint, one must traverse any terrain (and nasty vegetation) that lies between you and your goal.
I'm happy to give a crash-course on how to use avalanche beacons but this would not replace an AST course in any capacity. Also happy to run people through orienteering basics.
Stoked out of my mind to orienteer in the snow!
Posted: 2023-12-20 16:32:52
Last modified: 2024-02-01 14:31:08