Indian Valley, part of the Marin County Open Space District, has some of the nicest orienteering terrain in the Bay Area. At its center is the College of Marin Indian Valley Campus, which is surrounded by nicely forested ridge and reentrant. Some areas are steep, particularly farther away from the campus, but the topography allows for interesting, creative course setting. This means that White and Yellow courses can be easily set, using the abundance of trails and other features surrounding the campus, while advanced courses will provide a real mental and physical workout.
Indian Valley will be a standard B meet, with all seven courses and electronic punching on the advanced courses. Dwight Freund, founding president of Gold Country Orienteers and long-time BAOC member, is the coursesetter. Estimated course lengths and climbs are:
controls length climb
white 9 2.4 km 40 m
yellow 10 3.2 95
orange 12 3.9 150
brown 11 3.0 135
green 12 4.5 305
red 14 5.3 360
blue 19 7.1 460
If the weather is good, you may want to consider bringing a picnic lunch.
Indian Valley has spacious green lawns next to registration, a very pleasant
locale to hang out with your orienteering buddies. See you there!
At this event, we will also hold our annual club meeting and election of officers.