Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Date: (Sun.) Oct. 4, 2009
Location: San Ramon, CA
Event Directors: 
- 925.699.3127, - 510.526.9071
Course Setter: François Léonard
Type: C; Relay event; no beginner's clinics
Course Setter's Notes
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I hope you have been working on your e-stick exchange technique, because the Las Trampas Relay is coming soon!
We will be using the southern side of the park, which has a mixture of open and forested terrain, with a moderate trail network. The most important aspect of the map is that the contour lines are at 7.5-m intervals. Re-entrants are usually much steeper than the map would lead you to believe.
There is poison oak in the park. As of mid September most of it was visible because of the red leaves, but I'm sure some have fallen off by now. The courses are designed to avoid most of it, but be vigilant. Beige areas on the map are usually difficult to get through because of undergrowth and poison oak. This is particularly true if there is a green hatching in addition.
The start is 600 m from the assembly area, with a 160-m climb. Because of a new fence that is difficult to cross, the way to the start will be streamered and will be a bit circuitous.
I plan to make the controls very visible, so if you can't see the bag, you are probably in the wrong place.
The White/Yellow course will encounter two indistinct paths that are not easy to follow. These will be flagged.
Please note that all of the trails will be on all of the maps, as opposed to the initial announcement for this event.
There will be no drinking water on the courses, since the runners will be returning to the Start/Exchange area between loops.
The maps will be printed such that each leg looks like a complete course, i.e. with a Start triangle and a Finish circle. However, when running the course, there will be a control (#53) at the exchange zone (where the Finish control will be indicated on the map) that each runner must punch before giving the e-stick to their teammate.