General Information
Bears
None of the courses planners and controllers (over the course of 4 site visits) saw evidence of bears on the map but a carcass on the Foran Grade Trail west of the map (found on June 6) is evidence that bears are in the vicinity. Please consider viewing the bear safety information on this website under the MORE tab and running with bear spray.
Horse Etiquette
Participants need to be mindful of recreational horse riders on the trails during the events. Give horses lots of room and do NOT approach a horse from behind. Try to avoid startling horses.
Emergency Use of Whistles
The international distress signal is three blasts on the whistle. In the case of a lost or broken whistle, the signal is three loud shouts. Pause before repeating the pattern. On hearing this, a participant or official is obliged to help the victim even though it means giving up your race. All real and possible injuries shall be reported to event officials.
Pre-Viewing of Map for Children
In accordance with new Orienteering Canada guidelines, children fourteen years and under are allowed to look at their map, with their parents or coaches, in advance of their run. These maps will be posted in the registration area.
Assigned Starts
We will be using assigned starts for both the Middle and the Long in the Competitive and Short categories. This means we will assign a time for you to start and you must start at that time. We will post the start times June 24th under the Start List Heading.
Competitors in the Open categories do not have assigned start times, but must start within the start window listed on the website. When an open category competitor wishes to start, they should talk to a volunteer at the pre-start call-up line. The volunteer will slot the Open competitor into the next available start slot on the course. The open competitor then follows the normal start procedure.
Competitors in the Open categories do not have assigned start times, but must start within the start window listed on the website. When an open category competitor wishes to start, they should talk to a volunteer at the pre-start call-up line. The volunteer will slot the Open competitor into the next available start slot on the course. The open competitor then follows the normal start procedure.
Remote Start for Middle and Long
The Middle and Long events will have a remote start. That is, there is a flagged route (dashed line on the map) from the start line (where the timing starts) to the start flag (where the triangle is on the map). This flag might be out of sight from the start line. All participants must go to the start flag. The length of the flagged route to the start flag will be indicated in the control description:
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Control Punches
If the SI unit at a control does NOT “beep”, or if it does not flash a light, when you insert your SI stick, then you must punch your map (anywhere along the edge) with the red punch hanging on the control stand or flag. At a provincial championship event, you will be disqualified if you cannot show evidence that you were at all the controls on your course, either electronically or with the manual punch.
