BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-633@lvo.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241019T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241019T130000 DTSTAMP:20241019T191513Z URL:https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-colour-series-6-glenariff-forest-par k/ SUMMARY:NI Colour Series 6 DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nDate\nSaturday 19 October 2024\n\n\nVenue\nGlenariff Fore st Park\n\n\nEvent Format\nNorthern Ireland Colour Series 6\n\n\nOnline En try\n.\n\n\nSI Entries\n\n\n\nOnline Entry closes\nMonday 14 October 2024 at 2300\n\nLimited Entry on the Day is available at non-member rates\, dep ending on map availability. See here for Terms.\n\n\nRegistration\, Start and Finish\nThe White and Yellow courses will start and finish close to re gistration/car park. Courses close at 3pm.\n\nOther courses will have a re mote start and finish.  These courses also close at 3pm.\n\nWalk to start from registration/parking is about a 700m with about 50m climb up a well maintained gravel road – The Start and Finish are about 100m apart. Retu rn to download and registration by the same road used to the Start\n\n\nPr ice\n\n\n\n\nRace Prices\nMember*\nNon-Member\n\n\nSenior (aged 21 or over )\n10\n12\n\n\nJunior or Student\n5\n6\n\n\nMaximum charge for a family**\ n25\n30\n\n\n\nSociable group / family fee where all are going round a cou rse together – entry fee is per required number of maps i.e. one entry = one map.\n\n*Member of BOF Clubs only. Get Annual Membership today and ex perience the membership benefits including the member rate!\n\nThere is no fee to hire an SI card if required\, but lost cards are charged at £30.\ n\n\nTerrain Summary\nIf you have visited Glenariff you are likely to have walked one of the four Forest Trails\, perhaps following the Glenariff or Inver River and paused at the famous waterfalls or cliffs or looked at th e spectacular views down the Glens. But you are not likely to have gone in to the main body of the forest.\n\nCourses are at the lower end of the len gths as Glenariff is likely to prove physically demanding.\n\nThere are a few paths made by mountainbikes\, and 2 gravel forest roads but other wise the forest is free of paths.\n\nThe forest is mainly tall coniferous tree s with the forest floor being ridges covered in deep moss with minor water channels.\n\nThere are large windblown areas which are mapped. But the fo rest also has multiple unmapped single fallen trees which are negotiable.\ n\nThe map has numerous parallel rides in forest blocks which are not mapp ed. Major rides separating blocks of forest are mapped. (At registration w e will have a sample of the map that we are using and a sample map with ri des to illustrate the difference).\n\nSignificant features are mapped in a ny given part of the forest but this does result in some variation across the map.\n\n\nPrevious Maps/Routegadget\nThere are no previous courses / m aps available.\n\nGlenariff was previously mapped in 2004 by Deeside Orien teering and used in 2004 and 2005 but has had a complete new survey done b y Mark Stephens for 2024\n\nControl descriptions will be printed on the ma p. Loose control descriptions will be available at the Start. TD1-3 course s will be both pictorial and textual\n\n\nCourse Notes\n⚪ White – 1.1 km + 35 m climb – navigate along paths with few route choice decisions. Aimed at primary school aged newcomers.\n🟡 Yellow –  1.1 km + 35 m c limb – along paths with more route choice decisions. Appropriate for new comers and younger juniors with some experience.\n🟠 Orange – 2.3 km + 50 m climb – skills needed to navigate away from paths and more route c hoice decisions\, some compass skills are expected. Aimed at novice adults and improving juniors.\n🟢 Light Green – 2.8 km +70 m climb – this course requires confident map reading and compass skills.\n🟢 Short Gree n – 2.5 km +75 m climb – this course is set at the highest technical d ifficulty but shorter to attract those who may struggle with a longer phys ical course.\n🟢 Green – 3.9 km + 80 m climb – technically and reaso nably physically demanding course.\n🔵 Blue – 4.9 km + 110 m climb – technically and physically demanding course.\n🟤 Brown – 5.8 km + 120 m climb – technical and very physically demanding course.\n\n\nFirst Ai d and Safety\nThere will be a first aid and a qualified first aider availa ble at registration. Registration is also a safe place for lost children t o wait.\n\nPlease do not come to the event if you are unwell.\n\nPlease br ing and carry any medication you might need\, especially inhalers and EpiP en’s.\n\nIf you come across an injured or ill person\, please stop\, hel p and get further help. There will likely be qualified first aiders on the course who can stop to provide support.\n\nPhone coverage appears to be g enerally poor and intermittent in this area.\n\nAll participants must retu rn to download\, whether they complete the course or not. This is to accou nt for all competitors\, ensuring everyone’s safe return.\n\nCourses wil l close at 3pm sharp in order to give sufficient time to collect in contro ls. If you are still out on the course at this time return to finish and d ownload immediately. Please take into consideration your ability and fitne ss when choosing which start block to enter to give yourself the best chan ce of completing your course.\n\n\nKit requirements\nFull body cover is ma ndatory.\n\nA whistle (emergency alert is 6 loud blasts per minute) is man datory.\n\nA waterproof jacket may also be mandatory if the organisers dec ide the weather requires one\, so bring one along just in case.\n\n\nParki ng\nParking is in main carpark. There is a £5 parking fee for cars so car sharing would be sensible.\n\nGoogle Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/5ChWdt7 eBAvhojW98\n\nwhat3words - ///sings.outpost.soggy\n\n\nToilets\nToilets ar e located in main building near car park.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:NI Colour Series LOCATION:Glenariff Forest Park\, Glenariffe Road\, Cargan\, County Antrim\, Northern Ireland GEO:55.016488;-6.107324 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Glenariffe Road\, Cargan\, County Antrim\, Northern Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Glenariff Fore st Park:geo:55.016488,-6.107324 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR