1-2 August

World Rogaining Championships

Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Two fun-tastic weeks of Orienteering and Rogaining, leading up to WRC


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Location:

Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Our General Sponsors

In any business, whatever you do, support is needed and very important. We are well aware of this. Therefore we express our deep gratitude to everyone who helps in our cause. It doesn't matter how this help is expressed. What matters is that it exists.

C&A Sportswear

C&A Spor­tswear was founded in 1994. President, Basil Aburn was ­working for Bacharach Raisin selling team apparel across the nation. Then, realizing the demand for in-house production and quality control, C&A Sportswear was born.
Today, C&A Sportswear is a leader in the industry, providing full service to clients. It offers in-house Screen Printing, Embroidery, and Design.
The company envisions C&A Sportswear being the manufacturing center of excellence, recognized as an expert and primary source for all Corporate, Team, and Bookstores. It also provides an extensive promotional product line that gives the company and sales force great depth in various products, from bags to hard goods. In addition, they ensure our company offers the ability to layer multiple product lines through one source for our customers. Few companies in the USA are so deeply defined as a supplier for these multiple distribution channels. The company will work hard as a team to continue to develop and provide unique products for its clients.

California Commercial Investment Companies

With a focus on conscious capitalism, CCI brings integrity, innovation, and community mindfulness to each real estate transaction in which it participates. Their top priority is aligning investor needs and requirements with long-term preservation or local sensitivities.
CCI operates from its headquarters in Westlake Village, California, and its communities are located in over 29 states across the nation. The company employs approximately 300 people ranging from regional property supervisors, onsite managers, and maintenance crews to acquisition specialists, asset managers, and financial administrators.

Organizers:

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Orienteering USA
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Bay Area Orienteering Club

With support from:

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Gold Country Orienteers
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NavX
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Terra Loco
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15M Finance
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Western Race Services
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Truckee Orienteering
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Cascade Orienteering Club

Partners:

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Northstar
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Sierra Pacific Industries
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U.S. Forest Service

Competition Information

Terrain

The competition area is about 200km^2 in size, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The average altitude in the area is around 2300m, the highest point is 2665m, and the lowest point is about 1900m. Slopes are mostly moderately hilly with some steep areas and deep ravines. Snow covers the area for 7-8 months of the year, which contributes to the forest being very open and runnable with just small patches of thick vegetation. The forest ranges from open grassy areas to mainly pine forest and some rocky granite outcrops. Streams in the area will be mostly low during the summer.

Map

The scale is 1:25000 with 10m contours and some 5m form lines. Contours are drawn in ArcGIS for Desktop using recently acquired LiDAR data and then exported to OCAD. The map features are drawn in OCAD using the latest high quality aerial imagery. Some vegetation detail is shown, as appropriate, along with the expected features; roads, trails, creeks, and buildings. The map is closer to an ISOM orienteering map than a government (USGS) topo map. Bill Cusworth will provide mapping services. Bill created the 160 km^2 Dinkey Creek map, which was used for the North American Rogaining Championships in 2016.

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Systems

The SportIdent electronic punching system will be used. Each team member shall wear one SportIdent SI-Card 10, which will be attached to the competitor with a non-removable wristband. SI-Card 10 electronic punch cards will be available for rents and provided by the organizers.

Western Race Services will provide and manage results software for timing and result computing.

Safety and Communications

A large portion of the map area has cell phone access. Competitors will be required to carry cell phones, bagged and sealed, for emergency purposes. Water and electrolyte advisories will be included in competitors' packets.

Weather and Climate Conditions

The competition area has typical mountain weather. Precipitation occurs predominantly in the winter, in the form of plenty of snow. Summers are mild to warm, and typically dry.

Average Weather for August

Description Standard Metric
Average high temperature: 74.6*F 23.7*C
Average low temperature: 49.6*F 9.8*C
Average temperature: 62.1*F 16.7*C
Average precipitation: 0.67 inch 17mm
Average snowfall 0 inch 0mm
Highest average max temperature: 76*F 24.4*C
Lowest average max temperature: 71.9*F 22.2*C
Highest average min temperature: 51*F 10.6*C
Lowest average min temperature: 48*F 8.9*C

Lighting

Event Saturday, August 1 Sunday, August 2
Civil twilight starts 4:16 AM 4:17 AM
Sunrise 6:02 AM 6:02 AM
Sunset 8:11 PM 8:10 PM
Civil twilight ends 9:57 PM 9:56 PM
Day length 14:09 14:07
Moon Full Full
Moonrise 7:14 PM 8:02 PM
Moonset 3:48 AM 4:48 AM