Markers are in the woods and courses are available! It is winter at
Harriet and the skiing was surprisingly decent today - packed granular
(where groomed) and somewhat crusty (where not groomed) makes for fast
conditions but watch out for bare/wet spots and sticks!
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Beginner, intermediate, short advanced, and advanced ski-o courses. The
first control on the advanced course can be a bit of an adventure ski if
the trail hasn't been groomed, so the short advanced course provides an
alternative if that isn't your cup of tea. (Otherwise the short advanced
and advanced courses are the same.) Straight-line distances are 2.3km,
4.3km, 5.9km, and 6.7km respectively.
Controls are marked with small flat 3x3" orange and white tags. The
start and finish are also marked with the same tags. Because they are
flat, the tags can be hard to see from certain directions. I have tried
to orient them so the orange side faces the trail; sometimes the tag is
a few feet off the trail. No streamers, sorry - the park wouldn't allow
anything that could possibly be confused for course markings for other
events.
Courses can be done any time the park is open to the public for the rest
of the winter. (There may be special events during which trails are
closed to the public.)
Maps are available through UsynligO
(https://usynligo.no/filter?category=ROC%20ski-o) - note that you do not
need to have or use the app to access maps for printing or download. The
event is listed as "ROC Harriet Hollister ski-o 2024".
O-range (https://www.o-range.no/index.php/public) is also available. The
event is listed as "ROC Harriet Hollister ski-o 2024".
Conditions at https://rxcsf.org/conditions and
https://rxcsf.org/unofficial-conditions. If you ski at Harriet
Hollister or other parks in the Rochester area, consider joining RXCSF -
your donations make the grooming happen.
