Willamette Mission State Park

Event date
Sept 16 2012

Times
    Registration 10:30 am - 12:45 pm
    Instruction Clinics 11:00 am - 1:00 pm as needed
    Course starts 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Courses close 3:00 pm

Event overview
Willamette Mission Park is a 1,680-acre state park with many miles of running trails winding along the Willamette River, backwater sloughs, and agricultural fields. The park is very accessible, yet large enough to give participants a feeling of "getting out there." There is a nice mix of paved paths, open farm fields, and wooded "thickets" to explore. The terrain is flat and looks open, but most of the orienteering route choices will include trails due to blackberry thickets or other dense vegetation or cultivated land which may or may not be planted. The advanced course will be designed with the challenge of multiple route choices for most legs, and will be a little longer than typical due to the flat terrain.

All teams must check out through the course finish gate before leaving the park, even if the team does not finish the course or returns after the course closes.

Courses
The standard four different courses will be available, plus an additional "Grey" course, and a Score-O option:

    White = introduction (about 1 mile), , 8-10 controls, easy, often all on-trail hiking
    Yellow = beginner (about 2 miles, 10-12 controls, easy, on-trail and near-trail navigation)
    Orange = Intermediate (about 3.5 miles, 12+ controls, some off-trail, some on-trail navigation)
    Green = advanced (about 4.5 miles), 12+ controls, mostly off-trail navigation
    "Grey" = longer version of the White/Yellow courses (easy, on-trail and near-trail navigation)
    Score-O = find as many of the controls (any combination of the courses above) as you can in a one hour or two-hour period

The "Grey" course is suitable for the Boy Scout Second Class requirement "Using a compass and a map together, take a five-mile hike ..."
The "Grey" course is also appropriate for recreational "Map Hikers" who want a good walk lasting two to three hours
The grey course will be on established trails, and the route will include woods, fields, ponds and the Willamette River bank, with abundant wildlife in the morning, including falcons and hawks, beaver, muskrats, coyotes and weasels .

The Orange course is very appropriate as satisfaction of the Boy Scout First Class requirement.
"Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.)."  The "measure height/width of an object" are NOT part of the sport of orienteering, but I will have a separate station with instruction and a test for that BSA requirement.

Registration and other costs
The event is open to the public.
Note: If you join CROC at this event, ($15 individual, $20 family/group annual membership), your event fee is FREE!  Ask about this at meet registration.

All participants must register and sign the liability waiver before entering the course.

The meet fees are:

    $8 - individual (non-member)
    $12 - group (non-member, going out using one map)
    $6 - individual (club member)
    $10 - group (club member, going out using one map)
    $2 - extra copy of color map
    $1 - compass rental
    $1 - epunch rental

Each participant or team receives a course map and a control description sheet.

These fees do not include any extra daily use fee charged by the park. You must pay these separately. Oregon State parks charges $5 for day use, $30 for a 12 month pass and $50 for a 24 month pass.

Contact
Meet director: Paul Guthrie