From course setter Gary Maslanka: The snow is long gone and the event will be a foot-o. The courses will be beginner, intermediate, long intermediate, and long advanced. Length and number of controls are as follows. Beginner – 10 controls, 1.9 km Intermediate – 9 controls, 3.6 km Long intermediate – 12 controls, 5.5 km (read more)
Sadly, there is pretty much zero chance of ski-o at Mendon this weekend – but Winterfest goes on, and there will be orienteering! Bring your running shoes. Starts 11:30-2pm at Hopkins Point Lodge; registration opens at 11am.
From Phil Hawkes-Teeter: Preliminary course information: red – 9.6km, 300m climb, 20 controls (M19, F19, M40) green – 7.3k,m 240m climb, 11 controls (F40, M55, M18, F18) orange – 5.2km, 120m climb, 9 controls (F16, M16, F55, M70) white – 2.0km, 50m climb, 7 controls (F70) snowshoe score-o – long (2 hours, 35 controls available) (read more)
From Eric Hamilton: I skied in the rest of the controls yesterday including for a RED course. Ski conditions have dramatically changed in the last two weeks. The snow has more moisture and is well machined by the BIG machine. I used my skate skis yesterday, because conditions were favorable. The snowshoe trails were tracked (read more)
Ski-o “Try-It” at Mt. van Hoevenburg on Friday, Dec. 30 from 10 am – 1 pm. This is a pretty informal event that we organize every year designed to introduce the sport to the multitudes of cross country skiers who come to enjoy the Olympic trails during the holidays, but if current conditions hold we’ll (read more)
From Eric Hamilton: The date for the Lapland Lake ski orienteering meet previously postponed will be on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Being a Saturday the registration window will be from 10 AM to Noon. With ski conditions improving I plan to add a RED course with a map swap. But more about this next week. (read more)
From Eric Hamilton: Pouring here at Lapland. Ski Orienteering Season opener at Lapland Lake is postponed…. NOT TODAY! Working on sometime during holiday vacation or early January.
[12/15] From Eric Hamilton — Snow conditions at Lapland Lake are very cold. Even though the trails have gotten much attention the snow is still very much like skiing in fresh lake effect snow. With this in mind along with the first event of the season, I have set the courses on the short side. (read more)
[12/14] From Eric Hamilton: Skied in part of the controls today. Snow is very cold, dry and slow. Think classic skis, because there is little glide. They don’t have the full trail network groomed, yet, but hope to have everything except the three Karhu hill loops open this weekend.
Day 2 of the NYSSRA ski-o championships was planned to be at Pineridge XC, but due to a lack of snow, this will be a FOOT event. See the 2016 Pineridge Winter Event Notes and Rules for details on the event. Registration and starts 11-1. Preregistration is not required, but let Phil Hawkes-Teeter (philht@outlook.com) know (read more)