Fountainhead Far West

May 20
Sunday

Come celebrate World Orienteering Day at this orienteering event, held in some of the finest terrain of the Fountainhead area!

Yes, despite all the rain over the last week, this event will take place. Orienteers on advanced courses should expect wet feet from creek crossings but the creeks are not considered unsafe to cross.

Reminder - Parking is across from the Bull Run Marina. Runners on Orange through Blue courses will take a shuttle to the Start. Please allow enough time to register and get a shuttle to the start. The last shuttle departs at 1:15 PM for a 1:30 PM final start. Only those who can complete their courses in 90 minutes (by 3:00 PM) should start that late.

SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT $5 SURCHARGE FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE

The parking, assembly and check-in site for the Fountainhead meet is at the parking area near the Bull Run Marina on Old Yates Ford Road; a map link is here [2]. In order to access better orienteering terrain in the park, we will be hiring vans and shuttling participants to a remote start area. To help cover the added cost of running the shuttle service, a $5 extra surcharge will be added to the regular meet fee for all Orange to Blue course participants. So be prepared to pay the extra fee upon registering that morning. White and Yellow course participants will not be using the shuttle and will not have to pay the extra $5 surcharge. All courses are being designed to finish near the parking area, so you won’t have to wait for a shuttle at the end of your course.

A full set of courses is planned, and event timing is standard: register between 10:45am - 1:15pm, start anytime between 11am - 1:30pm, and be out of the woods by 3:00pm. Full course details and course setter comments will be posted below.

The registration area is at the west end of the Parking area for the Bull Run Marina. Yates Ford Road next to the parking area is very busy, and its entrance/exit is in a long, blind curve. Oncoming traffic is likely to be going very fast. Be extra careful when you leave the parking lot.
As said at another place there are no restrooms on site, but we are renting several portable toilets.
If you have extra time after the competition, walk (no car access) across Yates Ford Road to the Marina area. It is a place to put-in boats, if you have a season pass.
Newcomers are always welcome, and beginner instruction will be available at all times. An introduction to the course colors and difficulties can be found on our home page, and our volunteers can help you select an appropriate course if you are unsure.
Dogs on leash are welcome.

Any youth or large groups attending, please contact the Event Director [3] so that we can coordinate pre-registration for your group; the group registration and waiver form [4] is part of the information on our Group Leaders [5] page.