We are planning a three day event in Asheboro, NC at Gray Owl with all the Radio-O formats, 80m, 2m, Sprint & FoxOring. The terrain at Gray Owl is very similar to Morrow Mountain where the US Champs are being held

• Saturday May 10, 2025
  • 80m – 10am – 3pm
  • Sprint – 10am – 4pm
  • FoxO – 10am – 5pm
  • Pizza Dinner – 5pm
• Sunday, May 11, 2025
  • 2m – 10am – 3pm
  • Sprint – 10am – 4pm
  • FoxO – 10am – 5pm
• Monday, May 12, 2025
  • FoxO – 10am – 5pm

80m: We will be using the OK2BWN 80m Transmitters at 3W which is likely the same transmitters that will be used at the Worlds. The course will fit on Letter size paper at 1:10,000 (5 foxes Streight Line=SL=5.9k Efective Length=EL=7.6; 4Foxes SL=4.1  EL=5.3; 3 foxes SL=3.1k EF=4k)

2m: We will use Charles’ 2m transmitters. Definitely these will be used for the US Champs. The course will fit on Letter size paper at 1:10,000 (5 foxes SL=5.8k EL=7.4k; 4 foxes SL=4.6  EL=6.1; 3 foxes SL=3.5k EF=4.4k) I have done my best to locate the transmitters where there will be multiple reflections so you can get good practice before the US Champs and Worlds.

Sprint: We will use OK2BWN 30mW transmitters on bamboo poles. There will be 5 transmitters with different courses on Saturday and Sunday. The sprint will fit within the 300m exclusion zone for the other courses.

FoxOring: (SL=5.5k EL-7k; Short SL=3.6 EL=4.8) Charles’ FoxO transmitters. Definitely these will be used for the US Champs. The course will fit on Letter size paper at 1:10,000. Since the Classic courses are all in the same area as the FoxO, I recommend that you do a classic course before you do the FoxO. Toward that end the FoxO will stay on until 5pm and will also be on Monday.

Pizza Dinner: We will host a pizza dinner Saturday afternoon.

The Start and Finish for all the formats will be close to the house, registration and gathering area.

Camping and Hotels: Camping is available on our property as well as nearby comercial campgrounds. There are also a variety of Hotels in the area.

Location & Directions: 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC. (35.634843, -79.881873) There is a control on our mailbox at the intersection of Hopewell Friends and Gray Owl Road. Drive 1/4 mile on Gray Owl and take the first left turn onto our driveway. Drive 1/4 mile to the turnaround, turn around and park only on the right side (east side) of the driveway as you are heading back out. Do not drive on the grass at all! Do not park in the turnaround!

Join us for an advanced classic orienteering event on Saturday, April 26^th, 2025, at Horton Grove Nature Preserve, which is located 10 minutes west of Butner, NC

Please register here before 9:00 PM on Thursday, April 24, to ensure we have enough maps.

On the day of the event, you will park in the northern parking lot (6879 Jock Rd, Bahama, NC) 

The start is open between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.  Make sure that you finish by 2:30 PM because we will begin clearing the courses at that time.

You must return to the check-in area after completing your course. This is where we will download your results.

Advanced courses: Off-trail navigation is necessary. There is usually a “catch feature” or an “attack point” within 100m of a control.  Trails can frequently be used as a route choice, but are usually not the best way.

Expert courses are all as complex as the terrain allows, with minimal use of trails, and differ only in length. The Brown course can be printed at a scale of 1:10000 upon request.

• Advanced (Orange) 3.2 km, map scale 1:10000
• Expert Short (Brown) 3.9 km, map scale 1:7500
• Expert Medium (Green) 5.7 km, map scale 1:10000
• Expert Long (Red) 7.1 km, map scale 1:10000

We will use LIVELOX so you can see your route on the map after the event, along with everyone else on your course. LIVELOX is great because you can learn a lot about route choice, and it is fun to see how others’ choices affect their runs. The easiest way to use LIVELOX is to download the LIVELOX Recorder app to your phone. Then, when you start your course, open the app on your phone, click “Start Recording,” and then “Stop Recording” at the end of your run. Later in the day, the event will be published on livelox.com, where you can select your course for viewing. Uploading your route from your Garmin or Strava account is also possible.

There are no bathrooms in this preserve, so plan accordingly.

Lina

Unlike previous years, we are trying our luck in 2025 with having our coastal weekend in the Fall. We are currently planning these events for October 25 and 26 on Bear Island, part of Hammocks Beach State Park. For those who missed orienteering in this area last year, the island offers some of the best and most technical dune terrain in the country. We are planning on offering three expert-level events: classic brown, green, and red orienteering courses on Saturday morning; a Saturday night-O for those who camp on the island; and a Sunday morning goat race.

Currently, most of Bear Island is shut down for infrastructure repairs; and the park is not currently offering its ferry to the island. The park anticipates that things will be back to normal by summer; however, if there are continued long delays, this could impact our events. It is also unclear whether we will be able to reserve a group campsite — it is possible that campers will need to make their reservations individually. Stay tuned for updates on this situation; but mark your calendars now!

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