Might be easier in some ways (less glacial madness, more visibility), other than lack of familiarity and a decent risk of similar features messing you up if you make a parallel error or lose count.
Tucson AZ samplers:
http://www.tucsonorienteeringclub.org/index.php/ma...Red or your age (m21 blue), either way, I say. If it gets heavy, default to easier-to-execute (more deliberate) routes.