WPOC - Deer Lakes

Cheswick, PA, US
Aug 24, 2014

Type: Orienteering - Local

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added by: sherpes

Jim Trautmann has designed four interesting courses and added a new element to one of our events. The courses are White 1.8 km, Yellow 3.3 km, Orange 4.9 km and Red 7.5 km. The new element is a three-leg relay. Each leg is short (0.9 km, 1.7 km, and 1.0 km) and uses easy controls so anyone at any skill level can participate. We will allow 2- or 3-person teams to participate in the relay (if 2-person, one person must do legs #1 and #3). The relay has a mass start at exactly 1:45 pm.

Registration and start for the regular courses are as usual from 10:45 am to 2 pm and the map fee is $5 for members and $6 for non-members. I hope many of you can make it to this event and that many of you try the relay. Driving directions are given below; see the locator map or other information at www.wpoc.org if necessary.

Relay race:
First, all members of a relay team need to finish any regular course they are planning to do by 1:30. This is because we need a few minutes to make sure everything is organized and to explain the relay hand-off before the 1:45 mass start.
Second, if the members of a relay team do a regular course before the relay, there will be NO MAP FEE for the relay maps. If the members of a relay team have not done a regular course, they will need to PAY ONE MAP FEE to cover all three relay maps.
I hope this clarifies how the relay will fit in and I hope the low fee structure encourages more people to do the relay. Remember, a relay team can be two or three people at any skill level.

From PA Turnpike exit 48:
Go toward Cheswick/Springdale for about 0.5 miles (to the first traffic light). Turn left onto Pearl Street (this becomes Deer Creek Valley Rd). Follow this road for 5.7 miles going straight through at three stop signs.

The last stop sign is in north Russellton; take the next right after this stop sign (just past the First Commonwealth Bank). The road is labeled Orange Belt. Go about 150 meters under a railroad overpass and turn left into Deer Lakes Park. Follow the red and white orienteering signs in the park to the meet site; we will be at the Anglers shelter.

From Route 28 exit 12:
Turn right onto Hite Street. Follow Hite about 0.3 miles to the intersection with Deer Creek Valley Rd (also called Russellton Rd). Turn right at the stop sign and follow Deer Creek Valley Rd about 4.7 miles through two more stop signs. Then, continue as above.

From the intersection of Route 22 and Route 66 in Delmont: Take Route 66 North about 5 miles to Route 366. Turn left (west) on Route 366 and go about 8 miles until you reach a stop light as you enter New Kensington. This is the intersection of Route 366 and Route 56. Go straight through the intersection and onto TRK Route 56. Follow Route 56 1.3 miles to the second stop light; there, turn left and cross the bridge over the Allegheny River. On the other side of the bridge, turn right onto Freeport Rd. Follow that 1.3 miles to the second stop light and turn left onto Crawford Run Rd. After 2.1 miles on Crawford Run Rd, bear right onto Airport Rd. Follow Airport Rd 0.9 miles to a stop sign at Baileys Run Rd. There, turn left and go 1 mile to the entrance to Deer Lakes Park. Turn right into the park and follow the orienteering signs to parking; we will be at the Anglers shelter.

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