Programme O-Ringen Värmland 2017

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22 PROGRAMME O-RINGEN VÄRMLAND 2017 Stage 2 - Karlstad’s municipality Stage ARENA SKJUTSBOL 12. 11. Sit Sit COMPETITION AREA TO/FROM BUSES 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: 500 m Car parking: 300-1000 m Distances to start stage 2 CCS Moelven SIA Glass Team Sportia Tork/SCA Cramo Volvo CE 2650 m 2650 m 2650 m 2650 m 1400 m 650 m 650 m COMPETITION AREA 1. Sit 2. Club tents 1. Sit Club tents TO/FROM: BIKE PARKING CAR PARKING Sit 1. 1. 9. TO START TO/FROM:: SHOWERS CHILDCARE MINIKNAT 10. 3. 4. 7. Remember to pass through the verification station on your way to start Elite Sprint tuesday july 25 The Elite Sprint will take place on Tuesday, July 25 in central Arvika with the finish located in the central square. For the first time this year, all elite classes, including DH18E and DH20E will also run the Elite Sprint, in addition to DH21E. DH18E and DH20E will start beginning at 2:45pm. DH21E will start after 5:30pm. The start order will be reversed from stage 1.The Arvika square is located about 3km from O-Ringen City. Come along to the square for a fun afternoon with the Elite Sprint! 6. 5. 8. Beautiful and pristine nature in highly detailed orienteering terrain The terrain for Stage 2 is located to the east of Stage 1 and is dominated by several large hills. Their hilltops and upper parts of the slopes are covered with stately mature pine forest, blueberry bushes, and a variety of mosses and lichens. These areas offer excellent visibility and runnability for competitors. The open summit of one of the larger hills used to be a gathering place for local villagers, where they would dance and sing during the long summer evenings. The beautiful and detailed slopes of this hill, known traditionally as Party Hill, will be visited by most of the courses and will offer some of the day’s most enjoyable orienteering challenges. The valleys separating the large hills are often covered by younger forest with limited visibility, where it is still possible to maintain good speed while paying close attention to your compass. The early parts of the courses that start from Starts CCS, Moelven, SIA Glass, and Team Sportia climb up a gradual, and somewhat bland, slope. While such a hillside is fairly simple to navigate as long as you maintain map contact, it is very difficult to relocate the moment you lose focus. After passing through a green valley, many courses will end up in a very difficult and fun area. Here, it might be tempting for you to stop for an extra moment or two and just admire the glorious old forest around you, where with a little extra luck you might even spot a rare wood grouse. The longer courses continue from here, going over several hills, and featuring tricky route choice legs and slope orienteering. The final parts of the courses pass through some very fast terrain. On the way back to the finish, you will cross a couple of gradual hills and the find yourself running at full speed on rocky trails, navigating using green areas and cultivated fields. The courses that start at Starts Tork/SCA, Cramo, and Volvo CE spend a greater portion of time in the flatter hills, but also wander a bit into the detailed areas. A number of controls here might seem simple at a glance, but are surprisingly easy to miss on the somewhat vague hillsides. The ancient trail network is supplemented by a number of new trails that help the easier courses make their way between and over the hills. Even though Stage 2 is a shortened long distance, most courses still have some challenging route choice legs, where difficult decisions have to be made. However, going straight on the line is the fastest route for many of the legs located along the tricky hillsides. A good strategy here would be to keep a precise bearing while traversing the slopes (both on the way up and down) and carefully read all the contour and rock features as you navigate into the control circle. And when the navigation gets a bit simpler, don’t forget to turn up the speed! Mapper: Per Bengtsson Course setters: Jonas Bergenfur and Ann Hyvönen
L START PROGRAMME O-RINGEN VÄRMLAND 2017 23 Stage 3 - Eda kommun Stage ARENA BODA BUSES CAR PARKING Club tents Sit Sit Sit 1. 3. 4. 2. TO SHOWERS Club tents Sit Sit 1. 9. 10. 1. 7. 8. 1. Sit 6. Sit 11. Club tents COMPETITION AREA Stand 12. 5. COMPETITION AREA TO START STAGE 3 Remember to pass through the verification station on your way to start Spectacular steep ridges that offer challenging route choice options and beautiful views After a fun activity day, it is time to head out to the ancient village of Boda, where people have lived for thousands of years. This history of this region is evident from the many artifacts found here, including axes from the Stone Age and gold amulets from the Iron Age. A 200-year-old grave right on the map contains the remains of over 100 Swedish soldiers who died from disease during the war against Norway and Denmark. With height differences of up to 175 meters from the arena to the highest parts of the map, you might be forgiven for mistaking Boda for a much larger mountain as you are huffing and puffing up its slopes. Mercifully, a lot of the climbing will be done on the way up to the starts, which are located on top of the mountain for the longer courses. These courses start out on the relatively flat mountaintop, covered with large, open marshes. The visibility is very good, and your main obstacles will be blueberry bushes and the soft, mossy ground underfoot. You will experience some delightful forest orienteering here! Once the courses turn to the west or north, they will enter a large area of steep hillsides and long lines of cliffs. The longest courses will traverse the cliffs head on, providing a multitude of route choice options. It will be important to find your way through and not get stuck above or below a dangerous cliff. The shorter courses will go parallel to the long ridgelines heading to the north. For these courses, the main challenges will consist of being able to stay on the correct elevation, or deciding to drop down to the road and attack controls from below. The long cliff-covered ridges are separated by thin lines of marshes, where it is easy to make a parallel error. The terrain here is detailed and truly wild. In the northern part of the map, the forest opens up, allowing the competitors who look up to glimpse a panorama of Värmland’s forested wilderness stretching for dozens of kilometers. Competitors on the shorter courses will spend a lot of time orienteering along hillsides. The most reliable handrail features here will be streams, vegetation boundaries, or edges of clear-cut areas. Trails are infrequent here, but those that do exist can be very useful. Those competing on the shortest courses will become well acquainted with the farmers’ fields down in the valley and will cross a stream running along a gully towards the end of their courses. All the courses will cross the old railroad tracks just before the finish. Mapper: Nils-Göran Olsson Course setter: Joakim Mellkvist Distances to start stage 3 Bagheera CCS Moelven SIA Glass Team Sportia Tork/SCA Cramo Volvo CE 1950 m 1550 m 1950 m 1950 m 1750 m 1430 m 1300 m 500 m 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
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