Tahoe Recreational &
Big Blue Adventure Series Training Event

Spooner Lake & Burton Creek
May 24-25, 2003

Contact: Evan Custer, 925-254-5628

There will be recreational white, yellow, and orange courses at the Tahoe 3 Day orienteering event on Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th, 2003. In additional, there will be a special course designed for adventure racers on Sunday, May 25th. This course will be of intermediate navigational difficulty (that used in adventure races) but relatively long, about 6 to 7.5 km in length. It will be equivalent to a long orange course.

The Saturday May 24th courses will be held on Forest Service property west of highway 28 from Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park at Spooner Lake. The Sunday May 25th courses will be held at Burton Creek State Park in Tahoe City, California.

No pre-registration is required. For the white and yellow courses, the entry fees are $6.00 per individual or first member in a group and $2.00 for each additional person in a group. Juniors are half price. The orange courses and AR training course is $8.00 for members and $12.00 for non-members. Different courses will be offered on Saturday and Sunday. Registration opens at 9:00 a.m., beginner's clinics are between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., and start times will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. There will be a special adventure racing clinic on Sunday between 9:30 am and 10:30 am.

There will now be recreational white, yellow and orange courses available on Monday, May 26th, at Burton Creek State Park in Tahoe City. However, there will be limited hours. Registration will only be open from 9:00 to 10:00 am, and you must be at the start by 10:30 am. Courses will close at 12:30 pm.

The white and yellow courses will be "classic" distance, and the orange course will be a short format.

Originally, recreational courses were not going to be offered on Monday, because the event will be of the short course format, partly in an effort to make it easier for people to get a head start on the drive back to the Bay Area after the Memorial Day Weekend. However, it was decided to offer recreational courses, but only for a limited time frame in the morning.

Directions

To Spooner Lake:

From the Bay Area: take I-80 east to Truckee. In Truckee, take Route 267 south towards Kings Beach. At the T-intersection, turn left onto route 28 east. Go for another 18 miles until you see O signs. Go past the park entrance and enter the highway department parking lot on the right before the intersection with US 50. Alternative route from the Bay Area: Take I-80 east towards Sacramento, then US 50 east towards South Lake Tahoe. Continue on US 50 through South Lake Tahoe, and about 14 miles later, turn left onto Route 28 North. Make the first left into the parking lot.

From Reno: Take US 395 south to Carson City and then US 50 west towards South Lake Tahoe. After crossing the Spooner Summit, turn right onto Route 28 north towards Incline Village. Make the first left into the parking lot.

To Burton Creek:

From the Bay Area and Reno: From I-80, turn south on Route 89 towards Tahoe City. In Tahoe City, at the Y-intersection, continue straight on Route 28, North Lake Boulevard. Go about 2 miles towards Dollar Point, turn left onto Fabian Way (there is a 7-11 on the south side of the highway), then an immediate right onto Village Road. Turn left at the 3rd intersection onto Polaris Drive, and go to the end of the street and follow signs for parking at the North Tahoe High School.

For more information contact the event director, Evan Custer, 925-254-5628 or evancusterattbi.com.