Little Bennett Night-O

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March 24
Saturday

Breaking News: As of 4pm Saturday, although the conditions are obviously quite damp the National Weather Service has zero active watches, warnings or advisories for Montgomery County; click the link to check for updates. While we will update this paragraph if there are significant changes, we expect the Night-O event to be held as planned, and it should be just as much fun as ever. The Event Director may delay some starts if significant thunderstorms appear in the area. In general, it is up to each participant to use their common sense and judge the conditions at the time. Plenty of orienteers relish the extra adventure that challenging weather can add, while others don't - do what feels right for you.

Time to check your night vision! Join us for our annual romp in the dark, and as usual, it's nowhere near full moon - in fact, quite the opposite - so when it gets dark it will indeed be dark.

This year, parking and registration for both Sat. and Sunday Little Bennett events will be near the Nature Center. The night-O registration will be from 7:30 - 8:30pm, and you can start anytime between 7:45 - 9:00pm. Everyone must be out of the woods by 10:30pm. Please bring a watch to ensure you are back by then.

Optional advance registration is now closed available HERE until Friday at 4pm via our pop-up form for this event. Check the course details and course notes posted below to help you decide which course to run. Families with younger children may want to run earlier in the evening when it's not quite so dark (at first), while those seeking the true night orienteering experience should probably start after 8:15pm.

Any youth or large groups attending, please contact the Event Director so that we can coordinate pre-registration for your group; the group registration and waiver form is part of the information on our Group Leaders page.

Please note that while there is some sharing of controls between the Intermediate and Short Advanced courses of the Night-O and Sunday's Orange and Brown courses, they are still quite different courses. All the advanced courses (Green thru Blue) share controls with the Night-O courses only at the very end of their course. Therefore, you will get a chance to run two completely different courses this weekend if you run in both the Night-O as well as the Day-O.

Some additional information:

• Please do not take dogs (leashed or not) out on this night course.
• All maps are 8.5x11 in size; the Beginner course is at a scale of 1:5000, while all other courses are at 1:10,000.
• For some tips on orienteering at night, see this Attackpoint thread.
• Feel free to use our Contact Us form if you have any questions!