2025 Ultimate Orienteer #2 – Summit Trails (Score-O)
ULTIMATE ORIENTEER
Saturday, March 29 at Summit Trails/Rock Creek Natural Area in Maple Valley, WA
Meet Director: Ing Uhlin
Event #2/8 in the Ultimate Orienteer Series!
An event with a mass start, each control on a Score-O course is worth a specified number of points. Generally, the more difficult controls (because of their navigational difficulty or distance from the start) are worth more points than easier controls. Competitors collect as many points as possible within a specified time limit. Point penalties are assessed for those returning after the time limit.
Careful course planning, keeping your eye on the clock, and staying located are all keys to success in Score-O. Even experts may have trouble visiting every control in the given time limit. Pick a route that best uses your time: maybe that means maximizing points in a short distance, or maybe you want to explore a new area and visit some controls along the way; it’s up to you!
Registration opens soon!
COURSES
Course designer(s):
Course details will be provided as soon as they become available.
What is my age class?
Score-O Course/Class Assignments for Ultimate points
If you want to earn Ultimate points, check the table below to see which category you should sign up for.
For example, if you’re a female 16 or under, your Ultimate age class is F-16 and, for this event, is assigned to the Short course. If you are up for a more challenging course, you can also earn points in F-18 or F-21+ on the Long course. Just keep in mind that other courses are more difficult, both navigationally and physically, and that you’ll be earning points only in the class you sign up for.
| Age Class | Course |
| • Female 16 and Under • Open 16 and Under |
Short |
| • Female 18 and Under • Open 18 and Under |
Long |
| • Female 50+ • Open 50+ |
Short |
| • Female 70+ • Open 70+ |
Short |
| • Female 20 and Under • Open 20 and Under |
Long |
| • Female 21+ • Open 21+ |
Long |
Other classes
If you don’t care about Ultimate points, sign up for a Rec category on the course of your choice.
COURSE NOTES
Check back later for special notes from the Course Designer(s).
SCHEDULE
Tentative schedule (subject to change)
- 8:45-9:45 – Check-in
- 10:00 – map handout, 120 min
- 10:05 – course planning, 120 min
- 10:10 – mass start, 120 min
- 10:15 – map handout, 90 min
- 10:20 – course planning, 90 min
- 10:25 – mass start, 90 min
- noon – Courses close*
PRICES
Online pre-registration only!
$22 base price
– subtract $5 for CascadeOC members
– subtract $5 for using your own e-punch
Participating as a group? Just $5 for each additional adult (18+) group
member, no cost for additional minors.
What’s an e-punch?
An e-punch records your race. At each control, you’ll dip the e-punch into an electronic box, which will beep and flash as confirmation. After you finish, you’ll download the e-punch at the download tent and get a receipt that show which controls you visited and how long you took between each; these are your “splits.”
Part of the fun of orienteering is comparing your splits with people who completed the same course, and discussing the routes you took!
SIGN UP
LOCATION
PARKING
Parking on-site
CARPOOL
Looking for a carpool? Join the club email group and share your request to find a ride.
THE MAP
Summit Trails/Rock Creek Natural Area is part of the larger Danville-Georgetown Open Space. This moderately flat area has numerous contour and vegetation features, such as stumps, rootstocks, depressions, and knolls. Passage through the trees is often possible using faint elk trails. Adjacent to Summit Trail Middle School.
Read more on the map pageSAFETY & ETIQUETTE
Return to the Finish
All participants MUST return to the finish and download their e-punch or turn in their punch card.
Even if you have not finished your course, you must still return to the the finish and confirm with event staff that you have returned safely.
Out of Bounds
Some areas may be marked out of bounds. It is imperative to respect these boundaries to maintain our relationships with land managers. Participants MUST NOT go out of bounds. Any participant caught going out of bounds will be disqualified.
Course Closure
All participants MUST return to the finish by course closure time. If a participant does not return by course closure, event volunteers will begin coordinating a search party.
If you need a long time on the course, start as early in the start window as possible, wear a watch, and be prepared to cut your course short to make it back by the course closure time.
Whistle
All participants MUST carry a whistle on the course. Complimentary whistles are available at the start tent (please only take one).
If you are injured on the course and need assistance, blow three long blasts to call for help.
If you hear a call for help, abandon your course to find the person in distress.
Voices
Part of the fun and fairness of orienteering is navigating your own course, so please be polite when you find a checkpoint and don’t holler that you’ve found it.
