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White Clay Creek Event Notes - Sunday 10/1
  • Topic created by Tom-O on Sun Sep 24, 2017 at 5:32 pm
    Tom Overbaugh (Tom-O)
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    A full set of courses will be offered at the  White Clay Creek State Park event on Sunday 10/1.  Course information and course notes are shown below.  The event center will be located at the Carpenter Recreation Area located off of Rt. 896 (main park entrance).  Note that there will be a park entrance fee for each vehicle (see event shedule for details).

    Pets are not permitted at this event.

    We can use some help in several areas - volunteer positions are posted on the link from the event schedule page.

    White    2.5 km / 85 m climb / 9 controls
    Yellow   3.7 km / 125 m climb / 11 controls
    Orange  4.0 km / 165 m climb / 13 controls
    Brown   3.9 km / 125 m climb / 9 controls
    Green    5.5 km / 140 m climb / 14 controls
    Red       7.1 km / 260 m climb / 16 controls
    Blue      8.4 km / 315 m climb / 21 controls

    WHITE CLAY CREEK EVENT NOTES

    10/1/17

    Welcome to White Clay Creek State Park!  The map for today’s event was field-checked in 2013.  Scale is 1:10,000 with 5 meter contour intervals.  IMPORTANT NOTE:  North  arrows were not printed on the maps.  North lines are shown and the top of the control descriptions printed on the front of the map are oriented towards north.  We have added North arrows using labels to the White, Yellow and  Orange maps. 

    Several minor updates have been made to show recent trail changes.  The map accuracy is quite good.  You may notice some new unmapped rootstocks and some of the mapped rootstocks have faded.  A few of the mapped hunter stands are no longer present.

    The Green, Red and Blue courses will cross White Clay Creek on bridges to access terrain on the east side of the creek.  All other courses remain entirely on the west side of the creek.  There are several private residences in the park that are marked on the map with red slash (out-of-bounds).  The Deerfield golf course on the east side of the creek is also marked as out-of-bounds.  Several trails on the west side of the park have “Trail Closed” signs that have been covered with “Trail Open” signs for this event – all trails may be used by event participants.

    The Start is located a short walk from the pavilion – follow streamers.  After completing your course, remember to report back to the download station.  Control pick-up will begin no later than 3:30 pm.  Volunteers for help with pick-up are always appreciated!

    Enjoy the woods!

    Tom Overbaugh – Course Setter

     

    Nancy Sharp- Event Director

  • Reply by Nancy on Sat Sep 30, 2017 at 6:18 am
    Nancy Sharp (Nancy)
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    Looks like it will be a beautiful day in the Delaware woods.

    If you're planning on attending, we could use a few volunteers, especially helpers for control pick-up. That's a great way to work on improving your orienteering skills. 

    We could also use a helper at registration. To volunteer, go to the Event Schedule page and click on the "Volunteer to help at this event" link.
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