Long Event -Course Planners Notes

Course Notes for AOC Long event info on website:

1. The Long event generally follows the new course and category guidelines approved in April 2017. There is a new “M/W10 and under” class, and the old M/W17-20 class has been split into M/W17-18 and M/W19-20 to improve the progression of course length and technical difficulty for these age groups. The new non-competitive age classes M/W15-16B, M/W17-20B and M/W21B are intended for people who want to race in their age group but on a shorter course with less navigational difficulty than the corresponding competitive age class. The new M/W10 and under course is as easy as we could possibly make it; it has flagging leading you out of the start triangle, and there is one flagged leg. The new M/W11-12 and Beginner courses have slightly more technical difficulty than the old guidelines specified: in this event, they follow the flagging out of the start triangle but they have longer legs (2 legs are over 300m), a couple of route choices on trails, and some legs have several path junctions along 1 leg.
2. On the courses for M/W10 and under, M/W11-12 and Beginners, there is one control at a 6-way trail junction! There is a sign there that points M/W10 and under in one direction to their next control, and it points M/W11-12 and Beginners in a different direction to their next control. You need to know what course you are doing, to follow this sign correctly!
3. Water: There is no water on course for Beginner, M/W10, M/W11-12, M/W13-14 and M/W15-16B because the recommended winning times are less than 35 minutes. Everyone else does have water at 2 or more control locations on their course.
4. There is a new trail adjacent to the route to Start 1 that is not marked on the map. It is a tightly winding narrow trail on the right hand side as you start going up the steep hill across from the Day Lodge. This does not affect any courses.
5. Warmup maps: Be sure you collect the correct warmup map when you get your bib at the registration/info desk. There is a different warmup map for each of the 3 scales. In addition, there is a separate warmup map for those going to Start 2 (M/W75, M/W80 and M/W85)
6. Scales for Long courses and warmup maps:
   1. 1:15,000 for M21E, M19-20,W21E and W19-20
   2. 1:7,500 is for Beginner, M/W10 and under, M/W11-12, M/W75, M/W80, M/W85
   3. 1:10,000 is for everyone else
7. The special features on the map are: single tree, rootstock, disc golf basket, large powerline pylon/other man-made object. Note that powerlines are omitted for clarity.
8. Start info: There are 2 starts. “Start 2” is for M/W75, M/W80 and M/W85 – these people must meet at the “Wax Building” at the arena at 10:15am to be escorted to Start 2 all together. Start 1 is for everyone else; it is 1km and 80m climb from the Arena. There are no pre-assigned start times for anyone. The start window is 10:00 – 11:00am, and juniors start no earlier than 10:20am. Your time begins when you punch the start SI unit at the departure line, but this is NOT the start triangle – you must go 50-70m along a marked route from the start punch to the flag marking the start triangle, which does not have a punch.
9. Maximum times: Sport (score-O course) maximum time is 75 minutes. The maximum time for everyone else is 3 hours. You MUST report to the download station even if you do not finish your course.