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

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