Rosaryville

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April 13
Sunday

Traffic Alert! See details below for the section of Hwy 301 northeast of Rosaryville that will be closed for repairs this weekend.

Come and do mountain bike orienteering or classic orienteering or both! US Standing Team member, Ken Walker Jr. has prepared a full slate of white through blue classic orienteering courses plus short and long MTBO courses.

To spice things up, an orienteering duathlon competion will be offered, with results computed by combining the times for MTBO courses and foot-orienteering courses as follows:

• Men and Open Teams - Long MTBO/Blue Foot O
• Women and Female/Mixed Teams - Long MTBO/Red Foot O
• Men, Women and Teams - Short MTBO/Green Foot O
• Men, Women and Teams - Short MTBO/Orange Foot O

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.

Wondering what Mountain Bike Orienteering is about? Check out these videos (there are 3) from the Australian Orienteering Association:

The other two videos are here ('How To Navigate") and here ('Things You Need To Know').

If you don't want to click through to any of those at the moment, suffice it to say that MTBO is navigational racing on mountain bikes, in which each participant is given a map showing a series of checkpoints to be found in a designated order in the shortest possible time, with the choice of route between checkpoints left up to the racer. Success therefore depends on raw speed, of course, but also on the ability to read the map, make good route choices and execute them efficiently.

Rules for the MTBO event:

Note: it looks at though we're in the clear but rain and therefore poor trail conditions could require the MTBO to be cancelled. The foot-O in the afternoon will take place rain or shine. After racing, our co-meet directors will, weather permitting, get some charcoal going on one of the grills and provide some hot dogs and rolls. Feel free also to bring your own food to throw on the grill.

Map Boards Are Available! Buy your own map board, or borrow one from QOC. The AutoPilot map board (either style) can be purchased as described here, and we'll get your shipping refunded if you pick it up at our Rosaryville event. We'll also have some map boards to try out for free too - first come, first served, and if you break it, you bought it! These map boards are the preferred choice of Team USA riders, and a portion of each purchase helps support the MTBO Team as well.

Special Entry Fees:

After The Event use our updated RouteGadget software to enter your routes to all controls, and then compare your way to the way others went. The user interface is now tablet- and smartphone-friendly as well as Java-free. Event maps and split times for all participants are usually online within a day of the event.

Warning! A section of Hwy 301 northeast of Rosaryville will be completely closed this weekend due to repair work. The map to the right shows this section; full details are online here. A more detailed map is available here.

Have questions? Feel free to use our Contact form anytime!