Snow-O! Lots of places where snow was 1/2 way up to the knee! Did white course w/ the tots to start, we built a snowman along the way. Helped beginner instruction for coworker friend. Heck of a day for his 1st O-experience! Overall I nav'd well but #11 wasn't pretty. I was standing right by it confused but the snow made the slope look smooth, didn't even see the reentrant until I went back to another AP and re-attacked it. Lost a lot of time there. Heck of a good workout w/ the deep snow running.
Quick Route course plot
1- Trail, parking lot, depression edge as AP, spike
2- straight along veg boundary, spike
3- beach run to trail, spike
4- trail, up hill, driveway junction as AP, spike
5- easy, spike
6- followed steep hill edge NE, turned a bit too early but followed the gulley and got it
7- straight to it, spike
8- ran around the OB after the hill traverse, then up to the loop, then followed trees up the hill, spike
9- downhill run, almost felt like skiing for a bit, straight to it, spike
10- a little sloppy here, turned in towards the treeline too early and was slow, was trying to make sure I didn't go passed it, but eventually got it
11- Should have been easy but the snow made it harder from the angle I came from...should have used a safer AP..there were some other reentrants not mapped that sucked me in too. I was standing right by it for a bit but the snow washed out the terrain of the reentrant. Went up to road and narrow reentrant area as AP and reattacked and got it
12- straight to it, spike
13- One of my best O-memories was made on this one. Up to road intersection as AP, crossed trail and used treeline & trail junction as AP, thick cattails on final approach as well as lots of snow in face, and then POOF! Busted through cattails that opened up clear area and there's the control exactly dead ahead in front of me!! Perfect spike. Felt just like it feels when I'm piloting a plane through the clouds on a precision ILS instrument approach and then POOF, break out of clouds and there's the runway dead ahead in front of me. So had a little O-heaven on this one.
14- straight and spike...honestly the footprints helped :)
15- west to trail, curve as AP, saw it from distance, spike
16- trails mostly to it but a little tired going up the climb, spike nonetheless
F- road to trail and spike
CY17 control goal count = 458