By Matthias Kohler
Welcome to our Spring event at Stanford University. We hope you enjoy our "guided tours" of this scenic campus.
Safety Notes
All the courses cross streets—please be alert to automobile traffic. Also, look out for bicycles everywhere. Your safety is more important than your orienteering time.
Observe all out-of-bounds areas and construction areas, and make sure you stay out of them.
Courses
Here are the descriptions of the courses on offer at this event.
Course Length Controls Comments
White 2.1 km 10 Beginners
Yellow 3.5 km 13 Advanced beginners
Orange 5.3 km 15 Intermediate navigation
Sprint 3.3 km 13 Easy controls, but tricky route
choices will require fast decisions
All the courses are virtually "flat", with perhaps 20–30 meters of climb.
Note that the stated course lengths represent the straight-line distances between controls. Your actual course distance will be longer.
Map Notes
The map scale for the White, Yellow, and Sprint courses is 1:5000. The scale for the Orange course is 1:7500.
The map follows current IOF conventions. In particular, it is helpful on all courses to be aware that the map indicates building overhangs, passages, and elevated walkways that can be passed under, through, or over.
Special Notes
Here are some specific points to keep in mind:
- The Yellow, Orange, and Sprint course have one common control. There will be two bags and two punches at that control location. You can use either punch—you do not need to punch with both of them.
- There are some blue "water" symbols on the map (e.g., fountains). There might not be water actually present.
- There are some tents and other temporary structures (trailers) on campus that are not mapped.
- In general, there are many "man-made objects" on campus that are not mapped (e.g., bicycle racks, fire hydrants, light poles, etc.).
- Again, watch out for cars, bicycles, and pedestrians. (The good news is that the course setter and vetter have not seen any horses, cows, snakes, ... on campus.)