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Bon Tempe Reservoir

Greg Ehrensing Memorial Event for BAOC Volunteers1

Date: (Sun.) Dec. 8, 2024
Location: Fairfax, CA
Event Director: - 408.568.6740
Course Setter: Martin Kunz
Type: C; Volunteer appreciation event; ONLY ON SUNDAY this time; as in the past, participation is limited to only club members who have volunteered this year; PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED; NO BEGINNER OR INTERMEDIATE COURSES

Please note that events are typically not canceled due to bad weather.


Note: 
Starts will be from 10 AM until noon.
Courses will close no later than 1:30 PM. Please make sure you are back at the E-punch table by then.


As the year winds down, we'll visit to our old friend Bon Tempe, land of Redwood circles, rolling, runnable terrain, and of course, the "Hillside of Death".

Bon Tempe has a wonderful combination of rolling grassy and openly wooded hills, Redwood forests, and multiple water features. The climb is low to moderate by Bay Area standards, with minimal poison oak, which is easy to avoid. Not being open-range helps as well, both for minimizing mud areas and no barbed wire fences to wriggle under! There is the infamous the "Hillside of Death" of course, but even that black hole of nastiness has been somewhat tamed by the excellent mapping updates made in recent years.

As in the past, this will be our annual, free event to thank BAOC volunteers. All club members who have volunteered in 2024 are invited to attend.

Preregistration is required. You can sign up here (https://eventreg.orienteeringusa.org/eventregister/register/start/bontempe2024). No day-of-meet registration.

Only advanced-level courses will be available. No beginner or intermediate courses will be offered. The courses for this year are Short (like Brown), Medium (like Green), and Long (like Red/Blue), plus a Very Short for those who would like to get out on a technical course, but would like to avoid the physical challenges presented by Bon Tempe.

Here are the course details:

    Course       Length    Climb  Controls
    Long         6.7 km    290 m     21  
    Medium       5.2 km    240 m     15
    Short        3.3 km    110 m     13
    Very Short   1.4 km     25 m      6

The map scale is 1:7,500 for the two shorter courses and 1:10,000 for the two longer courses. The contour interval is 5 meters.


More information will be available closer to the event.


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1 We use this event to remember Greg Ehrensing, a dedicated BAOC member, who died in 2018 (at orienteering age 60). Greg particularly enjoyed this event "in his backyard" (since he lived nearby). He directed and course-set this event several times, as well as always helping out at this event and many others with whatever was needed even when he wasn't on the crew that day.