Butcher Jones

Saturday, March 6, 2021

2-Hour Score-O

Pre-Register (Deadline: Thursday, March 4 at 11:59 PM)

• Please pre-register for the event and select a start window here. You are not obligated to attend if you pre-register, but pre-registration allows us to print a sufficient number of maps. It also allows us to meet Covid-19 requirements for social distancing. We cannot guarantee you a map if you don't pre-register.
• Parental Consent Now Required. Click here for more information.

Events

• 2-hour Score-O

The Greater Phoenix Orienteering Club is hosting a day of orienteering on Saturday, March 6 on the north bank of Saguaro Lake north-east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. We're offering a 2-hour Score-O at the Butcher Jones Recreation Site. Further details are found below. We hope you'll consider joining us for a great day of navigation fun.

The terrain surrounding the Butcher Jones Recreation Site is dramatic. Steep cliffs and deep ravines surround the lake. While the course itself avoids dangerous terrain, the views over the lake are impressive. Foot travel to some of the destinations on the map is slowed by climbs in the hills surrounding the lake. The vegetation in spots is thick with some reports of scorpion weed and poison ivy. Make sure you bring your camera. Due to Coronavirus restrictions, we won't have any water stations on the course. Please plan to bring your own water bottle or camelback to carry with you.

People of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. We'll include easier locations for less experienced navigators as well as more difficult locations for our experienced participants. We hope you'll find time in your busy schedule to join us for a day of navigation fun.

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 Tonto Natinoal Forest 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 beginner's clinic.

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.

Participants who pre-register for the event benefit from our priority pricing.

Part of pre-registration for this event involves selecting a start window. In order to keep participants as separated as possible, we ask everyone to start their event within the time window they select.

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 is open until Thursday, March 4, 2021 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.

Details of our Score-O events are found here.