Kings Mountain State Park, Lake York – October 4/5

This year at Kings Mountain State Park, Lake York, we were fortunate to have wonderful orienteering weather. It was perfect for early October, no rain, cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon.

This was the first meet at Kings Mountain, Lake York in two years since last year was canceled due to hurricane Hellene. Most of you probably noticed the extensive storm damage. This was also the first meet on the new map. The mapper, Will Dickinson did a good job of mapping the new rootstocks and the tangle of trunks and branches these blow downs produce. This new map is LiDAR based so elevation and contour data is very accurate. It’s also GPS referenced so updating new trails and adding point features will be much easier and accurate.

This year, for the first time, we held the meet on Saturday and Sunday. This was to spread out the participation due to the lack of parking. This worked out pretty good so next year we will likely repeat this schedule.

Thanks to Al, Kyle, Chris and Eric for helping with control pick up. This made it much easier to pack up after a long day and kept me from having to return the next day to pick up controls.