Dead Horse Ranch State Park

Saturday, October 17, 2020

2-Hour Score-O

4-Hour Score-O

Pre-Register (Deadline: Thursday, October 15 at 11:59 PM)

Events

• 2-hour Score-O
• 4-hour Score-O

We're excited to offer another day of navigation fun at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood, AZ. On Saturday, October 17, we'll present a Score-O with two options. For those looking for a limited amount of navigation, we're offering our usual 2-hour Score-O. Those looking for a more adventurous day can stay out for 4-hours. Both events use the same map.

Dead Horse Ranch State Park is located along the banks of the Verde River on the north side of Cottonwood, AZ. With abundant water and scenic mountain landscapes nearby, the park is filled with a variety of birds and mammals. Three lagoons inside the park offer visitors an opportunity for fishing. The orienteering terrain is rugged with rocky scrub forest, washes and ravines, cliffs, and other topographic challenges. We hope you'll take some time from your busy schedules to join us to explore this new area.

To make this event as safe as reasonably possible in the current COVID-19 environment, we are taking the following measures:

• One of the conditions for our Dead Horse Ranch State Park permit is that we space participant start times over a longer period of the morning. In order to help manage our start times, we ask that you pre-register for the event. During pre-registration, you will select a specific half-hour time window to start your event. Please plan to start the event in half-hour window you select.
• All individuals (or family units) will maintain a six-foot separation at all times.
• Team sizes are limited to 6 people or less.
• The registration/pay station is largely self-serve. Please bring exact change to minimize the exchange of money.
• We'll have a Timer on-hand to issue maps and record timing.
• A hand-washing station is provided on a table adjacent to the registration table. Please wash hands before and after registering/signing waivers/paying/picking up score cards and clue sheets. Please also bring your own hand towel for that purpose.
• No water is available on the courses. We also will NOT provide our usual complementary snacks and drinks at the Start/Finish area. Bring your own snacks and water for a full day of orienteering.
• There is no beginners’ clinic.

There is limited parking (12 spots) at the event's start/finish at the north end of Flycatcher Road. There is overflow parking (6 spots) at the Flycatcher horse parking, a 400 meter hike from the start/finish. Additional overflow parking (50+ spots) is found on Owl Road, a 1.5 km hike from the start/finish.

Click map to display the Dead Horse Ranch State Park Brochure

In order to promote pre-registration for our events, the Club has a graded 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. We'll print some extra maps for each of our events, but we cannot guarantee a map for those who do not pre-register.

Note: For this event, we ask everyone to pre-register. Part of the pre-registration also involves selecting a time slot during which you plan to start the event. Please plan to start during the time window you select.

Pre-Registration

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Fees

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.