Orienteering At Ancaster Creek
The first session training for the year is set and ready to go. This training is part of the GHO Inter-club Weekend Training program, which means ALL members of any Ontario orienteering club are welcome to take part of this training, and the cost is FREE. E-mail Hans at hans dot fransson at cogeco dot ca if you would like a copy of the maps. The ribbons were all out as of January 1st and will remain in the woods for a few weeks, check comments for final date. See seperate entry for more information about the training program.
Special information.
Map: Ancaster Creek 1:10 000, 5m contours.
Training: Three middle distance courses 3-4km, but they can be merged in to one longer course or score format or...whatever you want. A top North American orienteer would need at least 30 min for each course, so there is plenty of orienteering to do...
The technical level is intermediate to advanced, while the physical level is mostly advanced. (There are very few trails in the area, but there are some other very distinct features, such as creeks and ridges/deep valleys that can be used, as well as a larger open field.) As mentioned, ribbons will be used, however, there is no guarantee they haven't been removed by someone or something by the time you do the training. The Ancaster Creek itself is full of water and can be very difficult to cross in certain places. Please be very careful. To the more competitive runners, I recommend not looking at the map until you start the actual training. Finding a good route choice already to the first control will be a good challenge. (When I e-mail you the map files, I will include a map with only the starts and finishes marked). Unless it gets very dry the next few days, running in anything but orienteeing shoes will be very tough, since the hillsides are steep and in places very muddy.
As of today, we also have sessions prepared on Bronte Creek, Hilton Falls (Waterloo Stars), Rockey Ridge, and Sulphur Springs.
See comments for additional information and if (and when) coaching will be offered.
Happy New Year!
/Hans
PS. Since there is no snow, we have all the chances in the world to improve our orienteering.
posted by GHO @ 11:09
5 comments
5 Comments:
It is only Wednesday night and already close to ten people from three different clubs have asked for the maps. This is a good start for this particular program./Hans
Ancaster Creek update from Ian Sidders.
"Thanks for setting the training loops up. Trudy, Cliff & I did different
loops this morning. The creek was very high and turbid after the rain
last night. My first crossing was okay but I went up to my chest coming
back. It was cold but at least I got the mud washed off after sliding
down embankments. All the ribbons seemed to be at the control locations.
The terrain is tough and quite diverse on the Ancaster Creek map.
Excellent training with the mild winter conditions."
That's good info from Ian. Several of us are planning to go out on Mon. Jan. 15, so we'll let you know if the creek is any lower!
Great training maps! Thanks for setting those up!
BarbC and I were out today (Jan 17th) and had a great run despite some slippery slopes and a few missing flags. We think this week's ice storm may have knocked some of the flagged branches down. Good news is that neither of us waded through chest deep water!
We did maps 2 and 3.
I was out on the Ancaster Creek map Saturday (Jan 20). The temperature was -10°C so decided to stay on the north side of the creek. Added a few distinct features as controls. Beautiful day for map and terrain recognition. There are still some of the controls flags out in the woods and area is great for O-training and trail running.
Ian
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