Las Trampas Scramble
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Date: (Sun.) Feb. 12, 2012
Location: San Ramon, CA
Event Director: 
- 541.401.7595
Course Setter: Wes Erck
Type: Rogaine; Mini-rogaine style course (team score-O) — mass start with a 3-hour time limit
Course Setter's Notes
Surprisingly, conditions are expected to be excellent! The rain has softened the ground for excellent running, and the grass is short. Even the roads are good for running. And the best part of Las Trampas in February — no thistles!
The new ranger at Las Trampas has added some new constraints this year: participants may not cross the deep drainages, nor any barbed wire fences. For a normal BAOC event, this would be a serious problem but, for a 3-hour scramble, we have the time to work around this. Most of the controls are located further up the sides of the canyon, above the major drainages. In fact, to get all of the controls, it will be necessary to scale the ridges on both sides of the main canyon. For mere mortals, one side or the other will be enough! In fact, the views from the top of any of the ridges should be outstanding.
Accordingly, all fences and deep drainages have been marked as out-of-bounds and uncrossable. Please do not cross them. In addition, the entire area north of the Elderberry Trail (road) is also out-of-bounds, and has been marked as such on the map. You can use the road, but do not enter the area to the east or north of the road. Existing fence locations have been carefully updated. With good route planning, none of this should cost you any time.
The Start and Finish will both be at Corral Camp. Parking will be at the Little Hills Picnic Area, and not at the end of the road at the main staging area.
Most controls are located near roads or trails, but almost none are easily visible from the trail. Route choice and navigation will be necessary. Due to the possibility of slick conditions, controls have been placed so that steep route choices should not be necessary.
There is some poison oak (without leaves this time of year), but not a lot.
Beige areas on the map are usually difficult to get through because of undergrowth and poison oak, particularly if there is a green hatching in addition to the beige.
Course Statistics
South side of the road and main stream bed
24 controls
3 water stops
7.3 km straight-line distance
430 meters of elevation gain
North side of the road and main stream bed
14 controls
2 water stops
4.4 km straight-line distance
360 meters of elevation gain
Both sides of the canyon
38 controls
5 water stops
11.7 km straight-line distance
790 meters of elevation gain
Remember that you do not have to do the entire course, or even all of the controls on either side. This just shows how the controls are distributed. Just do as many as you can in 3 hours.