Bartlett Lake

Northeast of Cave Creek, AZ

Saturday, April 27, 2019: 2-Hour Score-O
Sunday, April 28, 2019: 2-Hour Score-O

Pre-Registration (Deadline Thu, Apr 25, 11:59 PM)
Safety Plan

• Tonto Pass Required: A $8 Tonto Pass is Required to access the National Forest for this event.
  Click here for more information about the Tonto Pass.
  Click here for a list of Tonto Pass Vendors
• Get our special early registration prices by pre-registering here. You are not obligated to attend if you pre-register, but pre-registration allows us to plan to print a sufficient number of maps. We may have extra maps, but we cannot guarantee you a map if you don't pre-register.
• Parental Consent Now Required. Click here for more information.

The Greater Phoenix Orienteering Club is excited to again offer orienteering events at a very scenic site in the Phoenix area. On Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, we present two days of Score-O events at Bartlett Lake in the Tonto National Forest just north-east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. If you're looking for an opportunity to practice your navigation skills while exploring a new area, we hope you'll join us for one or two days of orienteering fun.

Please note that because Phoenix in April is starting to get quite warm (90+ degrees), we'll start our Bartlett Lake events at 7:00 AM (registration opens at 6:30 AM), earlier than our winter events. The courses will close at 11:00 AM, before the heat of the day makes things too difficult.

Bartlett Lake is a popular reservoir on the Verde River east of Cave Creek, AZ. The area includes high cliffs, deep ravines, and a variety of desert vegetation that will challenge your navigation skills. With the lake providing ample water as well as a higher elevation, the area includes fairly thick desert vegetation, including everyone's favorite, the teddy bear cholla. While the cholla is quite pretty, you'll want to stay clear of this and the many other cactus species present in the area.

In order to promote pre-registration for our events, the Club has implemented a new pricing structure. Participants who pre-register for the event will benefit from our priority pricing. While on-site registration is still available, pricing for on-site registration is more expensive. In addition, we'll print some extra maps for each of our events, but we cannot guarantee a map for those who do not pre-register.

Pre-Registration
Pre-Registration is open until Thursday, April 25 at 11:59 PM. After the pre-registration closes, you can still try your luck and register on-site. We will have pre-printed maps for everyone who pre-registers. We cannot guarantee a map for those who register on-site.

Click here to pre-register.

Click here for more information about pre-registration and our registration fees.

Parental Consent Now Required (Click here for more information)
All participants under age 18 are now required to have a signed parental consent form on file with the club. You can complete the form before the event and either scan it and send it to us by e-mail or bring it with you to the event.