Programme O-Ringen Värmland 2017

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TILL START 24 PROGRAMME O-RINGEN VÄRMLAND 2017 Stage 4 - OKQ8 Stage ARENA BODA BUSES CAR PARKING TO SHOWERS Club tents Club tents Sit Sit Sit Sit 1. Sit 3. 4. 2. 1. 9. 10. 1. 7. 8. TO START STAGE 4 Remember to pass through the verification station on your way to start 1. Sit 6. Sit 11. Club tents COMPETITION AREA Stand 12. 5. COMPETITION AREA Lovely forest and challenging hillside orienteering This stage will truly put your orienteering skills to a test on Bodafjället’s extremely detailed north slope. By Stage 4, most competitors should have become accustomed to orienteering in the great forests of Värmland, which is good, since this stage will put their technical orienteering skills to a whole new test. This stage takes place on Bodafjället’s extremely difficult northern slopes, just to the East of Wednesday’s long distance. The walk to the start heads east from the arena down into the valley and along the old railroad tracks that still hold memories of this region’s vibrant industrial past. When the railroad was closed in 1985, the Boda station was also torn down. You can see some remnants from that time by visiting the Koppom station house, which has been left intact both inside and outside. But when the start whistle blows for O-Ringen’s Stage 4, you’ll have no time left to reminisce about history: challenging orienteering will start from the very first steps of your course. Be sure to arrive at the start focused, or mistakes will pile up from the very beginning. Since the courses start out far down on the slope, you will find yourself climbing for the first few controls. Your heart will be pounding and your legs will be screaming for mercy, while your energy will be drained by the deep blueberry bushes and the soft mosses underfoot. Eventually the climbing will stop, and the courses will cross the slope in every direction: up, down, across, and in every direction in between. The courses cross over themselves many times, and it will be important to keep track of where you are going and to pay attention to all the contour and rock features. In order to succeed here, you will have to find the right balance between physical effort and mental focus on the details inside the control circle. In addition to detailed orienteering, the courses will also present you with some route choice problems: contour along the slope or take a shorter route through a green patch? Or perhaps take the extra climb early in the leg in order to save some distance. Steep cliffs will also need to be taken into account when planning your routes. After many controls, short legs, and direction changes, you will welcome the downhill finish. At the end of the course you will cross the now-familiar railroad, and be sure to orienteer all the way to the finish. This will be a true middle distance experience in wonderful terrain, and the feeling of self-satisfaction will be guaranteed for those who manage to get through their courses mistake-free. Mapper: Nils-Göran Olsson Course setter: Magnus Nordström Distances to start stage 4 Bagheera CCS Moelven SIA Glass Team Sportia Tork/SCA Cramo Volvo CE 2250 m 2250 m 1550 m 1400 m 1400 m 1400 m 1000 m 350 m There might be a little crowded at some of the starts at stage 4. At the arena 1. Kiosks 2. Competitor Services/Stage start 3. Orienteering school 4. O-Ringen Academy 5. Miniknat / String course 6. Childcare 7. Massage 8. Medical care 9. Team Sportia sporting goods 10. Stage host 11. VIP/Press 12. Tent for DH21 Elite Distance to arena Bus stop: 300 m Bike parking: 300 m Car parking: 200-800 m
PROGRAMME O-RINGEN VÄRMLAND 2017 25 Stage 5 - Arvika municipality Stage ARENA RACKSTAD COMPETITION AREA At the arena 1. Kiosks 2. Competitor Services/Stage start 3. Orienteering school 4. O-Ringen Academy 5. Miniknat / String course 6. Childcare 7. Massage 8. Medical care 9. Team Sportia sporting goods 10. Stage host 11. VIP/Press 12. Tent for DH21 Elite 13. Finish chute Foot O 14. Finish chute MtbO Distance to arena Bike parking: 0 m Car parking blue: 200-300 m car parking red: 1200-1500 m TO/FROM CAR PARKING BLUE 14. Sit 1. Sit 1. 9. 11. 12. 1. Sit 13. 1. Sit Sit Sit COMPETITION AREA TO START OL Remember to pass through the verification station on your way to start TO START MTBO Club tents 10. 4. 3. 2. 8. 7. 6. COMPETITION AREA TO/FROM O-RINGEN TOWN Enjoyable and challenging orienteering, all within a stone’s throw of O-Ringen City The final stage’s fun and challenging orienteering will be based out of the Rackstad Arena, within biking distance from O-Ringen City. The arena, that includes a motor sports stadium, is normally home to rally and motor cross races, but this time it will be home to the final stage of O-Ringen’s orienteering and mountain bike orienteering races. Runners and orienteers will be sprinting into the finish in parallel chutes, and the announcers will have a hard time keeping up with all the finishing athletes. On the way to the start competitors will pass through the village of Rackstad, famous for the Rackstad artist colony that lived and worked here around 100 years ago. This group included such well-known Swedish artists at Gustav and Maja Fjaestad, Christian Eriksson, Björn Ahlgrensson, and Fritz Lindström. On all the courses the orienteering will start right from the get-go, so hold on to your hats! Competitors starting from starts SIA Glass and Team Sportia will very quickly become very familiar with the mountain Oxberget. Oxberget’s slopes feature runnable open hilltops interspersed with areas of blueberry and juniper pushes and surrounded by towering pine trees. There is a fair amount of contour and rock features on these slopes, and the secret to success will be the ability to find the right elevation and read the map detail all the way in to the control. Some areas of open forest will allow you to increase your speed and fly through the woods, but don’t forget to slow down again when the terrain gets more detailed and tricky. Many an orienteer has fallen victim to Oxberget by running too fast and losing map contact. Starts Bagheera, CCS, and Moelven are located next to OK Jösse’s picturesque clubhouse. These woods are part of a future nature preserve, and the forest here is grandiose, wild, and impressive. Also wild and impressive is the climb the competitors will face right out of the start. Competitors on the longest courses will climb over 150 brutal vertical meters before reaching a more moderate plateau. Here orienteers will encounter rosemary-covered marshes hiding amongst tree-covered knolls. The best strategy here is running close to the straight line while maintaining good speed and map contact. This wilderness area will offer truly fun orienteering. Competitors will face more route choice options as they leave the mountainside. Will you climb straight down the steep slope or run around through flatter, faster woods? Or a little bit of both? After passing the bottom of the ski slopes the competitors will climb up to the top of Oxberget, and only the strongest won’t be feeling the heavy climb in their legs. Mercifully, the last part of most courses will be flatter but with slightly more undergrowth. Some of the route choices here can prove decisive during the chase start, and the orienteering will be fast and challenging till the very end. Try to keep up the speed even if the body refuses: you are almost done! By the time you feel the motor stadium’s asphalt under your feet, you will be very, very tired but also full of impressions, stories, and experiences from a week of orienteering in beautiful Värmland wilderness. Well done! Mapper: Erik Sundberg Course setters: Kristin Johansson and Kristina Löfvenholm Distances to start stage 5 Bagheera CCS Moelven SIA Glass Team Sportia Tork/SCA Cramo Volvo CE 2700 m 2700 m 2650 m 1800 m 1450 m 950 m 900 m 1050 m TO/FROM CAR PARKING RED 5.
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