PWF Training

October 26
Saturday

Saturday Training Information: On Saturday (Oct. 26) we are offering beginner and intermediate/advanced level training sessions, based out of Cabin Camp 3. The training sessions are FREE! but open only to members (of QOC or other orienteering clubs). Please email Jon Torrance [2] no later than Thursday evening (we need a head count in time to print sufficient maps and other instructional materials) and indicate which level of training you are interested in. Not a member? No problem - join or renew [3] now! Not sure if your membership has expired? Use our Contact Us [4] form and just ask.

Beginner training will consist of a clinic running from 9am to ~4pm taught by Bob Turbyfill with both classroom time and practical exercises focusing on the fundamental orienteering skills of distance estimation and compass use; no previous orienteering experience is required but the beginner training will be appropriate for white and yellow course orienteers and newer orange course orienteers who don't feel they've mastered those techniques.

For intermediate/advanced orienteers (those regularly doing either orange or advanced (brown, green, red, blue)courses), starting at 10am there will be a variety of in-the-woods exercises focusing on various skills (including a group map walk, control picking course, contour-only line-O, corridor-O and a memory-O route choice exercise) and some classroom sessions to be determined (at minimum, an overview of orienteering skills and techniques, a presentation on route choice and, courtesy of Dave Pruden, Five Rules for Happy Orienteering). Intermediate/advanced participants will pick and choose whichever exercises and classroom sessions interest them.

Saturday Cabin Information: It’s back... your chance to stay overnight in the PWF Cabins + Game Night! So, bring your favorite food, games and music, and join us by a warm fire for an evening of fun and games. Just $5.00 per person. Check-in Oct. 26 at 3:00pm, check-out Oct. 27 by 4:00pm. To learn more about the facilities click here [5]. You will need to bring food for a potluck dinner Saturday night and then breakfast for Sunday morning. There is a kitchen facility with stove burners, industrial ovens, and sinks - it's a great big kitchen! All other items will need to be provided: i.e., pots, pans, serving spoons, can opener, table service etc.

There are still some cabin spots available, so if you're interested, please send an email now using our Contact Form [4], with your name, phone number, and the number of people in your group.

About these cabins: These cabins are different than ones we've used previously, in that they sleep fewer people per cabin (in more comfort) but they are also more rustic. The cabins are 10-person cabins, sleeping 4, 2 and 4 people in each of the three rooms (left, middle, right), and the beds are actual steel frames with coils topped by a thick mattress. The cabins do not have heat, although hot water is available in all bathrooms including the ones with showers.

Example of 10 person cabin at PWF Camp 3 [6]

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