PWF Oak Ridge
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Sunday
Pre-registration is required and will open Monday, Jan. 27 at 6pm. It will close Saturday, Feb. 1 at 12 noon.
There will not be day-of registration.
Welcome back to Oak Ridge – home of QOC’s 2023 Royal Romp national event – where adventure awaits with thrilling navigational challenges in a beautiful forest!
QOC course setter Will Hubsch is providing runners with a full set of classic courses, White to Blue.
This locator map will guide you from I-95 to the Oak Ridge Campground, and this map and shows the layout of the campground and event sites. Watch your speed once inside the park! The speed limit on Scenic Drive is 25 mph, and rangers monitor for speeding. The event check-in location will be near the entrance to Oak Ridge Campground (which is closed to camping during the winter) and easily visible on your right as you arrive and enter the campground to park. Follow directions from the parking volunteers wearing orange safety vests. The roadway inside the campground is one-way, and there will be foot traffic moving along and across it, so use caution as you drive.
Parking: Carpooling is encouraged due to limited parking at the site. The per-vehicle park entry fee is $20 and can be purchased via the NPS app available at this link. The park does not accept cash.
You can also use a valid 'America the Beautiful' pass or Prince William Forest Park annual pass for entry. (NOTE: The annual park pass is $35; QOC members may want to consider purchasing an annual pass for this great park! Seniors, current or former members of the US Armed Forces, and some other categories of park users are entitled to a free pass for the entire National Park System. See this link for details.)
Post-event Social: After your run, grab a bite with fellow orienteers at Artisana Pizza, located here, 11 miles east of the park.
Volunteer: Sign up for a volunteer slot via this form, or email the Event Director directly for other options.
Group Leaders: Please see our For Group Leaders webpage and then contact the Event Director so they are aware of your plans.
Other notes and reminders:
- Beginner instruction will be offered.
- Port-a-johns will be available.
- Pets are allowed but must always be kept on a leash and under the owner’s control.
- QOC will continue to use pre-registration as the ONLY method of signing up for our meets. There will be NO day-of, on-site registration. Refunds are paid only in the case of event cancellation.
| Location | Prince William Forest Park, Oak Ridge Campground, Triangle, VA (Classic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration | Advance registration is required. There is no day-of registration. Registration opens at 6pm on Monday Jan. 27 and closes at 12 noon on Saturday Feb. 1 (the day before the event).
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| Start Times | Start times will be by windows (to be defined for this event before registration opens). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule | Sunday, February 2
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| Course Details | Classic
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| Course Notes | Classic Oak Ridge is classic QOC terrain, with a variety of vegetation types and contour features, and the courses should see runners running their typical per-kilometer paces. The woods were fairly open when I've been out in the fall and early winter, and the water courses are all fairly low and should not factor into route planning absent torrential rain before the event. Likewise, there are very few mapped trails that advanced runners will encounter to use for navigation. Green, Red, and Blue will venture up north into the map's more open woods, while the other courses will stay closer to home. I've tried to set the advanced courses to feature a healthy mix of tricky and fast controls, so runners should be prepared to continuously toggle between running hard and reading the map closely. You'll see many runners out in the forest running every which way; be very careful if you try to navigate off of others! Most importantly, have fun! All courses will use the same start and finish locations. Green, Red, and Blue will have a map flip. Orange will have a part of the course reprinted on the reverse side to give runners a little more room as a courtesy, but all the controls will be on the primary side. Course map scales will be 1:7500 for Brown, Orange, Yellow, and White courses and are 1:10K for all others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entry Fees | Individual Entries
Note: juniors = under 21
Group Entries Participants are welcome to orienteer together as a group (up to the maximum for that event; usually 4). Each member of a group is charged their individual rate as shown above, up to a group total of $30 (maximum), and each receives a map. A group receives one epunch. Individuals or groups desiring to compete on a second course after completing their first can do so for a reduced fee of $2/map subject to approval at the event by the Event Director. Important Notes
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