NI Colour Series 2

Limited Entry on the Day is available at non-member rates, depending on map availability. See here for Terms.

There are two Start Areas:

• Low Start – White, Yellow, Orange and Red start is adjacent to the parking (100m and 0m climb)
• High Start – All technical courses (Light Green, Short Green, Green, Blue and Brown) have a steep climb to the start, 0.4km with 160m climb.

STRICTLY NO DOGS allowed on the open mountain

• Start Times:– 11:00 – 14:00
• Courses Close:- 15:30

There is no fee to hire an SI card if required, but lost cards are charged at £30. Sociable group / family fee where all are going round a course together – entry fee is per required number of maps i.e. one entry = one map.

Summit ridge runs NW to SE and lies to the SW of the carpark.

⚪ White – 1.5km + 65m climb – navigate along paths with few route choice decisions. Aimed at primary school aged newcomers. Map Scale 1:5000
🟡 Yellow – 1.5km + 80m climb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate for newcomers and younger juniors with some experience. Map Scale 1:5000
🟠 Orange – 2.9km + 105m climb – skills needed to navigate away from paths and more route choice decisions, some compass skills are expected. Aimed at novice adults and improving juniors. Map Scale 1:5000
🔴 Red – 3.2km + 175m climb [Leinster League ONLY] – skills needed to navigate away from paths and more route choice decisions, some compass skills are expected. Aimed at novice adults and improving juniors. Map Scale 1:7500
🟢 Light Green – 2.5km + 40m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills. Map Scale 1:7500
🟢 Short Green – 3.0km + 35m climb [NICS ONLY] – this course is set at the highest technical difficulty but shorter to attract those who may struggle with a longer physical course. 1:7500
🟢 Green – 4.4km + 100m climb – technically and reasonably physically demanding course. Map Scale 1:7500
🔵 Blue – 5.5km + 150m climb – technically and physically demanding course. Map Scale 1:7500
🟤 Brown – 6.6km + 260m climb – technical and very physically demanding course. Map Scale 1:7500

Please do not come to the event if you are unwell.

Please bring and carry any medication you might need, especially inhalers and EpiPen’s.

If you come across an injured or ill person, please stop, help and get further help. There will likely be qualified first aiders on the course who can stop to provide support.

All participants must return to download, whether they complete the course or not. This is to account for all competitors, ensuring everyone’s safe return.

Courses will close and controls collected in at 3pm sharp. If you are still out on the course at this time return to finish and download immediately.

A whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is mandatory.

A waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers decide the weather requires one, so bring one along just in case.

The event will be signposted off the main road between Omeath and Carlingford. Follow along a newly tarmacked forest track approx 1km up to the carpark. Any overflow will park along the approaching forest track.