Info: New entries for this event closed on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 23:00.
Senior BO Member | £8.00 | |
Senior SOA Member | £9.00 | |
Senior Non-Member | £10.00 | |
Junior / Student BO Member | £4.50 | |
Junior / Student SOA Member | £5.00 | |
Junior / Student Non-Member | £5.50 |
We return to the popular Littlemill forest, which might be small but hides dramatic features that tell of a landscape very different from today's peaceful glen. The ridges and lochans are leftovers from the Ice Age when glaciers ground their way across the land.
Terrain / Planner’s Comments: Littlemill has a fine mixture of terrain and vegetation including runnable woodland with minimal wind-blow, open moorland, steep gradients and intricate rides and paths. There are a number of wide marshes and uncrossable lochans which have been used to maximise the opportunities for route choice on the longer courses (please don’t be tempted to try to cross frozen water!).
Maps: Pre-marked and printed on waterproof paper, scale 1:10.000 with 5m contour intervals.
Event centre: Party and Registration /Download are in Farr Village Hall, IV2 6AX on the B851
Directions: Head south from Inverness on the A9 for about 6 miles and turn right onto the B851, signposted for Fort Augustus. Farr village hall is about 2 miles along the road, on the right hand side. Toilets/Changing facilities available.
Parking Car parking will be available at the village hall car park.
Start / Finish will be a short distance from Farr Hall but across the B851. Please take care crossing this road. The route will be clearly marked with tape.
Toilets: The nearest toilets are at Farr Hall
Courses: There will be course for all ages and abilities - if you are not sure what course to enter, do not hesitate to get in touch with the organiser. Course details are as follows.
Course | Distance / Climb | Technical Difficulty (TD) |
Yellow | 2.3 km / m | TD 2 - Easiest course. Follows paths or obvious features or taped sections where paths or features are less obvious (Good choice for a junior beginner) |
Orange | 2.7 km / m | TD 3 - Slightly more challenging, some controls off path and options to cut corners (Good choice for an adult beginner) |
Light Green | 3.2 km / m | TD 4 - Majority off paths, skilled navigation required |
Green | 4.4 km / m | TD 5 - Hardest level of technical challenge |
Blue | 6.7 km / m | TD 5- Hardest level of technical challenge |
Pre-entry Information: Please pre-enter here. Some limited EOD will be available but please pre-enter to guarantee a map.
Event timing: mixed punching – contactless and traditional punching. Start and Finish unit must be punched if using SIAC Air.
Safety:
Organiser: Rhona Fraser
Planner: Rory Black
Controller: Guy Seaman
SiTiming: Colin Simpson (setup), Jon Shepherd (on the day)
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