Meet Director: Sally Dow
Courses: Brian Piquette
Join us for a fun, challenging, long-distance orienteering race in the Cascade Mountain foothills.
Goat and Kid Courses
Registration: 9:45-10:45am
11:00am SHARP! mass start
Courses close: 4:00pm
Beginner Course
Registration: 11:00am-1:00pm
Starts: 11:15am-1:15pm
Course closes: 3:00pm
Six Degrees of Navigation
- volunteer and do the goat for free!
Six Degrees of Navigation is Cascade's annual
adventure race, which this year takes place the previous day (July
26) in the same general area as the Goat. Do Six Degrees Saturday
and stay over for the Goat on Sunday! Or, volunteer at Six
Degrees and do the Goat for free! Ask Debbie
Newell about volunteer opportunities.
Courses
• Mt. Goat - A long (10k), challenging course with a lot
of climb.
• Kid - A not-as-long (7k), but still challenging course
with plenty of climb.
• Beginner - A short course suitable for beginners.
Rules
The Mt. Goat and Kid will be “goat” style races. There
will be a mass start and you may skip one control of your choice.
All other controls must be visited in order. Following is permitted,
but not required. If you'd like to learn more about goat races,
check out the Billygoat
(www.billygoat.org) web site.
The beginner course will be a standard, point-to-point course.
All courses will use electronic punching.
Map
This is a high-quality, 1:15,000 scale map, last revised in 2004,
with minor updates in 2007. This is a beautiful part of the Teanaway
Valley, with large rock features, meadows, and open forest.
Registration
If you plan
to attend the event, please send an email to the Meet Director (Sally Dow,
sed-COC at dowfamily.net) specifying which course you want to
do and giving your SI card number. See above for registration
and start times. To save time at registration, download and fill
out the Goat
Entry form and bring it to the meet.
Fees
Regular club fees apply.
See below for details.
Club members: $5 with own epunch
stick, $7 using club stick
Non-members: $8 with own epunch stick, $10 using club stick
Junior (18 and under): $3 with own epunch stick, $5 using club
stick
Beginner course (member or non-member): $5 with own epunch stick,
$7 using club stick (or junior fees if applicable)
Start
Goat and Kid - mass start 11:00am SHARP
Beginner - any time between 11:15am and 1:15pm
If you are late, be prepared
to bribe the meet director (Sally Dow) if you want your time adjusted.
Water
BRING YOUR OWN FLUID and any food you may want on the course.
There will be water at the finish.
Course Closure
Goat and Kid courses close at 4:00pm SHARP. YOU MUST BE AT THE
FINISH LINE BY 4PM WHETHER YOU FINISH THE COURSE OR NOT.
Directions
From I-90 take exit 85 in Cle Elum. Go north across the freeway
and head east on highway 970. At junction with Highway 10, keep
left and continue on 970 for one mile; take a left on Teanaway
Road, then another left onto West Fork Teanaway Road. Continue
west to the pavement end and the parking area.
Park at the end of the paved road. Do not block the roads or the gate. A portable toilet will be available at the start/finish/registration area. Due to fire danger, smoking is STRICTLY PROHIBITED in the entire event area, including the parking area.
Due to gas prices and for other environmentally good reasons, ride sharing is recommended.
Updated: July 17, 2008
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