Due to extreme weather conditions, ROC’s Webster Park event has been rescheduled from Feb 15 to Feb 22, with registration and starts at Holt Lodge.
As part of Winterfest at Mendon Ponds Park, ROC will sponsor an orienteering event, starting at Hopkins Point Lodge (enter the park via the northern entrance; middle one is closed.) The course may be done on skis, snowshoes, or on foot. At present there is skiable snow, though not very deep. Below freezing temperatures are (read more)
Mendon Ponds Winterfest Ski-O on January 18 at Hopkins Point Lodge. Registration open at 11:00am. Start from 11:30am to 2:00pm and courses close at 3:30pm. The event will be held regardless of snow conditions, so come prepared for anything! As of 1/14, there is some snow – coverage is thin in spots but adequate on (read more)
From Aims Coney: Garnet Hill on New Year’s Day is definitely on. Conditions are better than their website reports. Looks like a little fresh snow, too. Registration and starts from 10-noon. In addition to their ESG qualifier courses, finishers will be eligible for an exciting sprint score-o, last start 1PM. Come early so you have (read more)
From Aims Coney: Garnet Hill inspection successful. The Garnet Hill ski-o could be held with existing snow. There is nothing in the forecast to make conditions worse, so it is a good bet the meet will happen as scheduled.
From Aims Coney: Garnet reports 15K open. A course committee inspection today will reveal whether a qualifier-worthy course can be devised. Definite cancelation will be announced immediately but the final call may be Wednesday evening when more snow is possible. Please keep the event on your calendar.
Rules and meet notes for the Partridge Run ski- and snowshoe-O can be found here.
Splits from Lapland Lake have been posted on the results page.
From Eric Hamilton – Conditions at Lapland Lake are marginal, but we are going ahead with Sunday’s Ski Orienteering. As they report on their web site, “There are occasional thin, bare and water spots and older skis are recommended.” I recommended rock skis and the weather conditions and route choices might favor no wax skis. (read more)
From Eric Hamilton — I skied in most of the controls today [12/16] for Sunday’s meet. I found conditions good. The snow was fast in the morning and became slower as the air temperatures warmed into the upper 30s. There were some easily avoided rocks and wet spots. I started out with my skating rock (read more)