Schedule
Aug 31:
Sept 1:
Sept:
Sept 3:
Sept 4:
Sept 5:
Sept 6:
Sept 7:
What
The 2009 Laramie Daze will offer 4 official races, and 4 training events which will simulate race conditions (pre-printed maps, control descriptions, controls and punches, no assigned starts or results). For each of the events except for the One Cowboy Relay and the Rocky Mountain Goat, there will be an Orangish type course (intermediate length and difficulty), a Greenish type course (medium length, advanced difficulty), and something in the Reddish-Blueish spectrum (advanced length and difficulty.) The One Cowboy Relay will be a multiple loop, one person relay consisting of several short loops taken in different order (motala style) and one final loop that everyone has in common. The Rocky Mountain Goat will be a goat style race with a mass start and total length of about 12-13 kms; an Orangish type course will also be available for those who prefer something shorter.
In addition, there will be at least 5 other informal training sessions set up for those who want something more, with pre-marked maps, streamered controls and course suggestions (very much like the training sessions at the 2008 Laramie Daze), all included at no additional charge.
All events will take place in super fine, super fun orienteering terrains, featuring a mixture of variations on Granite, cloaked in pines, aspens, and short grass high altitude prairie. No poison ivy, no thorns, no wicked fight, and that's for sure!
The whole week will be done in as low key,
informal fashion as possible.
For extra pleasure, joy, and otherworldly cowboyness, some of the maps will feature some newly mapped, virgin terrain, including new terrain at Remarkable Flats, The Toe, and Happy Jack. The Pond is an essentially 100% brand new area.
Where
All events will take place in the Medicine
Bow National Forest several miles east of Laramie. See overmap. Check back here later for detailed directions to
each event. And take careful notes and/or make a copy of those directions once
they appear, because we do not plan to put out any direction signs during the
Daze! A free downloadable and printable map (very handy to have for the week)
showing all the Forest Service roads by designation is available at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/mbr/recreation/travel_management/MVUM_Pole_Mtn_2009.pdf
All directions begin from Exit 323 off I-80 (
One additional word of warning: vandals are
frequently damaging, destroying, or otherwise removing road signs, so it will
pay to be on your toes with regards to following these directions.
Aug 31, Plains of Despair Day: take exit 323,
drive north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the
Sept 1, The Pond Day: take exit 323, drive
north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the
Sept 2, The One Cowboy Relay—yeehaw!:
take exit 323, drive north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the
Sept 3, Bisbee Hill Day: take exit 323, drive
north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the
Sept 4, The Toe Day: take exit 323, drive
north over the interstate, and bear right, to follow the frontage road that
continues past the
Sept 5, Pelican Bay Day: take exit 323, drive
north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the
Sept 6, Happy Jack Day: exit 323, drive north
over the interstate, and bear right, to follow the frontage road that continues
past the
Sept 7, the Rocky Mountain Goat at Remarkable Flats: Pelican Bay Day: take exit 323, drive north over the interstate, and bear left onto WY 210 (the Happy Jack Road). Take WY 210 east towards Cheyenne for about 8.2 miles, and turn left onto Forest Service road 708, passing through a gated cattle fence (please close the gate behind you), and continue about 400 meters to parking.
When
Early September, on dates as given above. These dates have been chosen to take advantage of the 3 day Labor Day weekend, and an absence of any annoying insects and pestilence. This period is normally just about the best, most consistent running weather of the year.
Questions
Direct any and all questions to Mikell Platt via email using the following highly encrypted address: mikell (at) wyoming (dot) com
How
To register, make a copy of the following or write out by hand, and complete the requested information, enclose your entry fee (make checks payable to Laramie Range Orienteering Club), and mail to: Mikell Platt, 1151 Inca Dr., Laramie, WY 82072. We will have you sign a waiver once you show up at the Daze.
Entry fee for entire Laramie Daze if postmarked by April 7: Adults--$30, Juniors (18 and younger)--$20. If postmarked after April 7 but on or before Aug 14: Adults--$40, Juniors--$30. If after Aug 14, add a $10 late fee and note that we do not guarantee pre-marked maps for late entries.
You may also enter by the day, at the rate of $10/day if postmarked by Aug 14, and for $15/day for late entries.
You can also just show up unannounced, pay a whole lot of money at what will amount to exhorbitant ransom rates that would make even swarthy pirates or milky skinned young maidens blush, and hope and pray there might be some extra maps, somehow, someway. But be prepared for bitter disappointments, and a consignment to many runs at the Plains of Despair.
You can also order preview maps if you like (see overview map for various map names) by throwing in some extra money, and listing the map names you desire. If the amount looks fair enough to us, then we will mail the maps. Otherwise, we will keep the money and use it to buy delicious pizza and ice cold Mountain Dew, and we will think of you while we are having dinner.
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE & EMAIL:
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Circle Desired Course for each day you plan to attend, or N/A for any days you don't plan to attend
Aug 31 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 1 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 2 One Cowboy Relay N/A
Sept 3 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 4 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 5 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 6 Orange Green Red N/A
Sept 7 Orange Rocky Mountain Goat N/A
