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Day 2 Course Setter Notes The 2004
Intercollegiate Championships |
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Day 2 Course Setter Notes The 2004
Intercollegiate Championships |
Course Setter Notes ANSONIA NATURE CENTER 1. Course lengths
Blue: 21 controls, 8.5km, 315m climb. 2. Terrain and Mapping notes Ansonia Nature Center and the adjacent water property land is a fast intricate area with significant variety. White and yellow courses use the area south of the start and finish area utilizing a path and trail network, open areas of fields and variety of woodland. Competitors on both white and yellow courses may hear the nearby rifle club. Have no concern; this is quite remote from the competition area. Look out for Raptors in the wood; both a Goshawk and Osprey have been observed in the last few weeks. You have the possibility to see them quite close at hand but they usually keep their distance. All other courses use the Northern part of the area which is fast and variable in nature. This includes four distinct and interesting terrain types: a. Complex rock and knoll terrain b. Fast Hemlock areas with significant contour detail c. Complex spur and contour terrain d. Fast open deciduous woodland. Be aware that great technical terrain is at the beginning AND end of your courses!! There is little change in vegetation; ‘slow run’ at this time of year is fast, but significant permanent marsh should be avoided. Unusual for WCOC territory, there is no mountain laurel - apologies to those who were counting on this joy. To reduce the map complexity, easily navigable boulderfields are mapped with the stony ground symbol. More significant boulderfields, that present a barrier to progress, use the conventional boulderfield symbol. Note that small boulders are less than 2m in height or width; large boulders are greater than 2m in any dimension. In open woodland, the smallest boulders mapped are 1-2m in dimension. (Ansonia AND Osbornedale). Note that on the upper courses, you will cross into Birmingham Utilities areas. You will see yellow blazes and ‘NO TRESPASSING SIGNS’. For this event, you may safely pass these signs; Birmingham Utilities has very kindly granted permission to use the area specifically for the competition. Note that if you return to Ansonia Nature Center, this area is private ground and thus, at later dates this area is not open to the public. Although the map has been updated in recent months, a few new trails have appeared in the past few weeks due to ATV activities. The newest of these ATV trails have not been mapped yet, and are in areas of the Orange through Blue courses. Compulsory route Orange, Brown, Green, Red and Blue Courses have a taped route to the first control. REMEMBER TO PUNCH THIS CONTROL Be considerate to your fellow competitors whilst negotiating the narrow marsh just after the start PLEASE. Control Description variations Both Ansonia AND Osbornedale use a non-standard symbol for BOULDER CLUSTER denoted thus:
All other symbols are IOF standard. Control descriptions overlay the Legend on the Ansonia map. A separate legend is therefore enclosed. Start and Finish The Start and finish are adjacent to one another. No clothing transfer will be provided! There is a covered area adjacent to the start.
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