PNWOF Day 6: GrizO Soft Rock NRE Middle Distance

This is Day 6 of the Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival. Day 6 is hosted by Grizzly Orienteering at Soft Rock Recreation Area.

This will be a Middle Distance National Ranking Event.

Mapper: Jon Campbell

Course Setter: Boris Granovskiy

Map scale: 1:7,500.

Detailed map and course notes, as well as terrain photos, are posted here.

Montana Conservation License Requirement

Participants of the Soft Rock NRE will need to acquire a conservation license at this website:

https://fwp.mt.gov/buyandapply/conservation-license

Conservation License Costs

Resident Cost: $8

Youth 12-17 Resident Cost: $4

Senior 62+ Resident Cost: $4

Nonresident Cost: $10

Mandatory Shuttle Buses

The parking is quite limited at the Soft Rock venue. Shuttles will be required for all participants for those events. Bus rides are 15 minutes and they leave every 30-40 minutes. Please plan for extra time prior to your start and take the earliest bus you can make to ensure everyone has the opportunity to get to the arena in time. Walks to the start will be minimal for these days. Parking locations and bus schedules (along with the start times with priority for each bus load) are listed below.

Families and traveling companions are welcome to travel on the same shuttle even if start times are not in the same schedule window. Anyone without an assigned start (including all White and Yellow course runners) can take any bus, but priority will be given to competitors with start times in each bus’ designated start time window.

Soft Rock: Friday, June 28

Start times: 11:00 - 1:00 pm MST

Parking: Corvallis High School, 1045 Main St, Corvallis, MT 59828

Soft Rock

Park at Corvallis High School in Stevensville, MT

Bus departure time  Start time window

9:00                                Up to 11:20

9:30                                Up to 11:45

10:00                              Up to 12:15

10:30                              Up to 12:40

11:00                              Up to 1:00

11:30                               Any

12:00                               Any

Return trips can be taken on any bus leaving the arena area. Buses will run until 5:00 pm.

If taking the bus places an undue burden on you and/or your family, please let us know, and we’ll work out a solution.Note:

The planned schedule for the entire festival is as follows:

June 22 - COC / Fisk NRE / dinner

June 23 - COC / Fisk NRE

June 24 - EWOC / Riverside State Park

June 25 - EWOC / Holmberg Conservation Area

June 26 - off

June 27 - GrizO / Larry Creek NRE / Starts between 1-3pm / Classic distance

June 28 - GrizO / Soft Rock NRE / Starts between 11am-1pm / Middle distance

June 29 - GrizO / Lubrecht NRE / Starts between 10am-1pm / Long distance / dinner

June 30 - GrizO / U of M NRE / Starts between 9am-11am / Sprint distance