Briones Regional Park
Date: (Sun.) Oct. 17, 2010
Location: Lafayette, CA
Event Director: 
- 925.934.6567
Course Setters: Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Alan Houser
Type: B; Regular 7-course BAOC event in conjunction with the Scout-O Championships
The full range of beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses are available to everyone. In addition, this event is the 18th Annual Scout-O Championships!
All courses use E-punch. To cross fences, you may go over, under, or through wherever you like, but remember it is barbed wire. The star thistle is down somewhat this year, but long pants are highly recommended on Yellow and above. Poison oak on the courses is minimal to zero. Wildlife we have seen include deer, eagles, coyote, skunks, buzzards, orienteers, ticks, turkeys, goats, cows, and frogs. The weather forecast calls for nice temperatures, sunny and clear.
The start is about 1.5 km from the parking lot — a flat walk. It takes 15 to 25 minutes to stroll there. The Scout-O overlaps the White, Yellow, and Orange courses. Please be tolerant. Also, remember that horses have the right of way, and try not to scare them. Be polite to other park users, please (this is a requirement for future permits).
Registration for the regular event will be open from about 9:00. Earliest start is at 10:00; latest start at 12:30.
There is limited water in the park. Please bring your own water.
Courses
Navigational Physical Course Distance Climb Controls difficulty difficulty
White 3.9 km 150 m 10 Easy Easy Yellow 4.2 km 187 m 11 Easy Easy Orange 5.0 km 240 m 13 Moderate Moderate Brown 4.6 km 210 m 14 Hard Moderate Green 5.5 km 270 m 18 Hard Hardish Red 6.2 km 310 m 22 Hard Hard Blue 7.3 km 380 m 26 Hard Hard
Map
There are two symbols used for distinct trees. The green circle represents a distinct evergreen tree, while the green × represents a distinct deciduous tree.
Parking
Do not park in the south side of the eastern, dirt parking lot. This is for horse trailers.
Beginners' Courses
Please allow plenty of time to get to the start (see above).
Advanced Courses
The advanced courses feature a Caterpillar, a Butterfly, and a Moth. They are all on the Red and Blue courses, and some are on the Brown and Green courses. The courses are a mixture of forest requiring careful navigation, and open that can be taken at speed. Footing is good. We have avoided poison oak almost entirely, and most of the stickers.
Request for Help
This is the 19th annual request for assistance at the (18th) Briones B-event and Scout-O Championships. The event should be another good opportunity for our club to show off, and hopefully it will pay off in increased memberships in the years to come, be a good exposure for our sport, and be a positive experience for hundreds of scouts and adults.
If you can help in any of the following positions, please let me know your preference, as well as the course you'd like to run, and how much time you can give:
- Instruction
- Start
- Finish
- Results
- Pre-running
- Control pickup
- Parking
- E-punch
We are expecting many people at the event, so we really need help. Any amount of help is very much appreciated. Anyone who volunteers to help should still be able to run their course.
Driving Directions
Registration will be near the West entrance to the park, off of Bear Creek Road. To get there, take route 24 West from 680 or East from 80. Exit at Orinda, heading North on Camino Pablo. After about 2 miles, turn right onto Bear Creek Road. After about 3.5 miles, the park entrance will be on your right — it is well sign-posted. (Don't be fooled by the parking area on the left — that's not it. But you could park there and walk if you like.) There is a $5.00 charge to enter the park.
There's a map here that shows the location of the event. (Don't be confused by the map "pin" on the east side of the park — that's for a different event.)